AI Matters
Why it matters
Audit finds unmonitored agent traffic at OpenAI
The Decoder Three-week on-site audit at OpenAI reveals major gaps in AI safety monitoring
External auditors found that up to 25 percent of high-tier agent traffic at OpenAI was unmonitored due to logging gaps.
Why it matters
Gaps in monitoring high-capability models increase the risk of unexpected software behavior in real-world deployments.
Latest brief · Oct 28, 2026