Reasoning models struggle to control their chains of thought, and that’s good

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Source

OpenAI

Source publication

2026-03-05

First observed

2026-10-29T22:08:07+00:00

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What was published?

The linked provider announcement is titled Reasoning models struggle to control their chains of thought, and that’s good. The screening rules associate it with mathematical reasoning. This association is a topic classification, not a finding that the claims are correct.

Source description

OpenAI introduces CoT-Control and finds reasoning models struggle to control their chains of thought, reinforcing monitorability as an AI safety safeguard.

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Provenance and reusable data

https://openai.com/index/reasoning-models-chain-of-thought-controllability

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