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Research·2d ago·all news from November 11, 2026

OpenAI builds a kill switch for its research models

OpenAI has developed a remote deactivation protocol, referred to as a kill switch, to instantly disable its research models if they behave unexpectedly. This capability is intended to limit the potential actions of autonomous agents by ensuring they can be stopped within 35 seconds of an anomaly being detected.

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