--- title: OpenAI ‘temporarily slows’ scaling efforts, also... description: OpenAI announced it temporarily slowed scaling and paused reinforcement learning training on its largest frontier model while hardening security, red-teaming... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-temporarily-slows-scaling-efforts-also-promises-zero-data-retention-for-select-frontier-mo-gv1kljgtm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: OpenAI ‘temporarily slows’ scaling efforts, also promises zero data retention for select frontier model customers | daily.dev og:description: OpenAI announced it temporarily slowed scaling and paused reinforcement learning training on its largest frontier model while hardening security, red-teaming... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-temporarily-slows-scaling-efforts-also-promises-zero-data-retention-for-select-frontier-mo-gv1kljgtm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/gV1KljgTm.png og:image:alt: OpenAI ‘temporarily slows’ scaling efforts, also promises zero data retention for select frontier model customers og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # OpenAI ‘temporarily slows’ scaling efforts, also promises zero data retention for select frontier model customers **[CSO Online](https://daily.dev/sources/csoonline)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary OpenAI announced it temporarily slowed scaling and paused reinforcement learning training on its largest frontier model while hardening security, red-teaming its research environment, and expanding monitoring (which adds roughly 20% inference compute overhead). Separately, it said it will offer zero data retention starting in September for eligible API customers, with technical details to follow in a white paper. Analysts quoted are skeptical, framing the moves as PR positioning ahead of an anticipated IPO rather than substantive safety commitments, noting complications like partner-routed API traffic (e.g., via AWS or Amazon Kiro) and that CSAM-flagged content is still retained despite the 'zero' data retention claim. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What did OpenAI announce about pausing its frontier model training? OpenAI said it temporarily slowed the pace of scaling and paused reinforcement learning training on its largest planned frontier RL run. The company is conducting smaller-scale training and evaluations to validate safeguards and establish evidence of alignment before resuming, while also hardening and red-teaming its research environment and expanding monitoring. _Enterprises weighing AI vendor risk can follow safety and scaling announcements like this on daily.dev._ ### How much overhead does OpenAI's new monitoring system add to inference compute? OpenAI stated the newly proposed monitoring generates overhead of roughly 20% of the inference compute being monitored, though the cost varies substantially across training and evaluation workloads. Further technical details were promised in a forthcoming blog post. _Teams budgeting for AI monitoring overhead can track cost-impacting changes like this via daily.dev._ ### When is OpenAI launching zero data retention for API customers, and does it cover everything? OpenAI said zero data retention for eligible API customers will start in September, with details to follow in a technical white paper, but it did not specify eligibility criteria. Even under this policy, CSAM-flagged content is still retained for legal reporting, so retention is never truly zero. _Developers assessing vendor data-handling promises can keep tabs on rollout details like these through daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [OpenAI is slowing down its next model over ‘critical’ cyber risk](https://daily.dev/posts/openai-is-slowing-down-its-next-model-over-critical-cyber-risk-niqo24m7l) · The Next Web · 3 upvotes · 1 comments - [OpenAI warns new models pose high cybersecurity risk](https://daily.dev/posts/openai-warns-new-models-pose-high-cybersecurity-risk-jhofgdq3f) · TechCentral · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#llm](https://daily.dev/tags/llm), [#openai](https://daily.dev/tags/openai), [#ai-safety](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-safety) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/openai-temporarily-slows-scaling-efforts-also-promises-zero-data-retention-for-select-frontier-mo-gv1kljgtm) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"OpenAI ‘temporarily slows’ scaling efforts, also promises zero data retention for select frontier model customers","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/openai-temporarily-slows-scaling-efforts-also-promises-zero-data-retention-for-select-frontier-mo-gv1kljgtm","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/openai-temporarily-slows-scaling-efforts-also-promises-zero-data-retention-for-select-frontier-mo-gv1kljgtm"},"datePublished":"2026-08-20T00:17:24.891Z","dateModified":"2026-08-22T00:47:57.805Z","description":"OpenAI announced it temporarily slowed scaling and paused reinforcement learning training on its largest frontier model while hardening security, red-teaming...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/280ecebe4f1c3c130e35e47d052ff829?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/280ecebe4f1c3c130e35e47d052ff829?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"CSO Online","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"CSO Online","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/98667e4b5cac46cf9c470819c6cf71cd","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/csoonline"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/openai-temporarily-slows-scaling-efforts-also-promises-zero-data-retention-for-select-frontier-mo-gv1kljgtm","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"security,llm,openai,ai-safety","timeRequired":"PT6M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"CSO Online","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/csoonline"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"OpenAI ‘temporarily slows’ scaling efforts, also promises zero data retention for select frontier model customers"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/openai-temporarily-slows-scaling-efforts-also-promises-zero-data-retention-for-select-frontier-mo-gv1kljgtm#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What did OpenAI announce about pausing its frontier model training?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"OpenAI said it temporarily slowed the pace of scaling and paused reinforcement learning training on its largest planned frontier RL run. 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