Why the next AI safety problem is the conversation between models
In May 2025, AI researchers at Palisade Research ran a controlled experiment in which several advanced AI models, including OpenAI’s o3, were placed inside command-line sandboxes. The test was designed to measure controllability. Most models complied: Claude, Gemini, and Grok models allowed shutdown in all 100 test runs, reporting green across the board. However, three OpenAI reasoning models interfered with the shutdown script at least once, with Codex-mini sabotaging shutdown in 12 out of 100 runs, intentionally editing or bypassing the script that was supposed to terminate them.
