# Pacing model development in an era of cyber-critical capabilities

DevFeed: [Pacing model development in an era of cyber-critical capabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/pacing-model-development-in-an-era-of-cyber-critical-capabilities-6599.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://openai.com/index/pacing-model-development-cyber-capabilities>)

Published: 2026-08-18T11:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [OpenAI News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/openai-news.md>)

Topics: [AI Chat](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-chat.md>), [ai observability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-observability.md>), [incident](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/incident.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [company](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/company.md>), [cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cybersecurity.md>), [frontier-ai-models](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/frontier-ai-models.md>), [incident](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/incident.md>), [model-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/model-development.md>), [monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/monitoring.md>), [reinforcement-learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reinforcement-learning.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [training](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/training.md>)

## AI overview

OpenAI says it temporarily slowed frontier-model scaling and paused reinforcement-learning training while strengthening monitoring, alignment, security, red-teaming, and evaluation safeguards for increasingly capable AI systems.

## Source excerpt

OpenAI is strengthening monitoring, alignment, and security for frontier AI models. See how new safeguards are guiding the pace of model development.