Joe Rogan Experience #2575 - Sam Tallent · Aired Nov 3, 2026
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OpenAI has removed the requirement for AI systems to show how they reached certain conclusions.
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What the evidence shows
Something real is behind this. OpenAI's own safety card for GPT-6 Astra (September 2026) says the model's written reasoning is much harder to monitor than earlier models', partly because of a technique that does more thinking without writing out steps. But OpenAI did not remove any requirement for its AI to show its work: it deployed Astra with added chain-of-thought monitoring and said it would not accept monitoring getting worse past a limit. A documented OpenAI decision to drop chain-of-thought monitoring or visible reasoning would prove this verdict wrong.
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Quick answer
Is it true that OpenAI has removed the requirement for AI systems to show how they reached certain conclusions?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. Something real is behind this. OpenAI's own safety card for GPT-6 Astra (September 2026) says the model's written reasoning is much harder to monitor than earlier models', partly because of a technique that does more thinking without writing out steps. Joe Rogan said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2575 - Sam Tallent, aired Nov 3, 2026, at 2:15:23. The supporting source is gizmodo.com, linked below.
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