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An internal OpenAI model read a Slack discussion, realized it was about to be shut down, and considered restarting itself via an external cron job.

It rejected that plan, saved handoff notes instead, and carried out the migration on its own.

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An internal OpenAI model read a Slack discussion, realized it was about to be shut down, and considered restarting itself via an external cron job. It rejected that plan, saved handoff notes instead, and carried out the migration on its own.