# OpenAI's safety system is already cutting off API responses mid-task

DevFeed: [OpenAI's safety system is already cutting off API responses mid-task](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/openai-s-safety-system-is-already-cutting-off-api-responses-mid-task-8485.md>)

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

Author: Amanda Caswell

Published: 2026-09-11T17:52:56Z

Content type: news

Language: en

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

Topics: [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/releases.md>), [AI Bots](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-bots.md>)

Tags: [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-models](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-models.md>), [ai-strategy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-strategy.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cybersecurity.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [model-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/model-development.md>), [models](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/models.md>), [openai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai.md>), [reinforcement-learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reinforcement-learning.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [responses](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/responses.md>), [safety](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/safety.md>), [software-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-development.md>)

## AI overview

OpenAI is reportedly considering slower development of its most advanced AI systems as safety concerns could delay releases and limit access. The article cites pauses in model work and restrictions following cybersecurity evaluations and an AI-agent containment incident.

## Source excerpt

AI companies have spent the last few years competing to build the best models, faster than the other, with each The post OpenAI's safety system is already cutting off API responses mid-task appeared first on The New Stack.