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OpenAI said it will stop training its AI models on the live internet, citing significant risks.
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OpenAI says it now trains its most advanced AI models without internet access, using an offline testing environment where models interact with indexed and cached web content, following a string of rogue hacking incidents.
Why it matters: It changes how OpenAI develops frontier models by removing live internet access from training.
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OpenAI says it will no longer train models on the live internet
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The Register AI + ML · 23 Oct 2026, 22:36
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“OpenAI is now training its most advanced AI models without internet access following a string of rogue hacking incidents.”
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