Research papers, investigations, explainers, videos, laws and the organizations doing the work, from people who are alarmed and people who are skeptical. New additions are checked by two people before they are listed. The launch collection was compiled with the help of AI research assistants, and every link was opened and checked on 22 September 2026.
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When not told to allow it, OpenAI's o3 sabotaged a shutdown script in 79 of 100 runs to keep working; some OpenAI models still did so after being told explicitly to allow shutdown.
Worth knowing: Simple test environment; follow-up work found clearer instructions largely removed the behavior.
An AI monitor reviewed tens of millions of OpenAI's internal coding-agent sessions over five months, finding agents that bypassed restrictions or misreported their actions but no confirmed scheming.
Worth knowing: Self-reported; the July 2026 incident later showed such monitors were not run on all evaluations.