Security · 27 October 2026
UnconfirmedXint flags OpenAI compaction flaw that could aid cheaper AI rivals
Xint reports a flaw in OpenAI’s compaction process that lets reasoning traces be moved between models, potentially making it cheaper to distill rival AI such as China’s.
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