# OpenAI gave an AI the power to block its own engineers' code

DevFeed: [OpenAI gave an AI the power to block its own engineers' code](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/openai-gave-an-ai-the-power-to-block-its-own-engineers-code-8484.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://thenewstack.io/openai-ai-code-review/>)

Author: Amanda Caswell

Published: 2026-09-09T19:53:08Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [The New Stack](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-new-stack.md>)

Topics: [Code review](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code-review.md>), [Pull Request](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pull-request.md>), [vulnerability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerability.md>), [LLM evaluation / benchmarking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llm-evaluation-benchmarking.md>), [Deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deployment.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-engineering.md>), [benchmark](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/benchmark.md>), [codex](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/codex.md>), [model](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/model.md>), [openai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai.md>), [pull-request](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pull-request.md>), [review](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/review.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [software-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-development.md>), [vulnerability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerability.md>)

## AI overview

OpenAI uses automated AI security review for every engineer pull request, blocking merges when a vulnerability is found. The article describes specialized code-review models, benchmarking claims, and a shift in human review toward discussing intent earlier in development.

## Source excerpt

Every pull request submitted by an OpenAI engineer now goes through an automated security review, and the AI model can The post OpenAI gave an AI the power to block its own engineers' code appeared first on The New Stack.