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OpenAI told lawmakers it was developing automated shutdown capabilities in September 2026, meaning they were not yet built. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: OpenAI is building 'automated shutdown' capabilities for AI tools, letter to lawmakers says · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:7119fef0d41b01cb37276b24f6661a66f8bf2f09df2032f51faf8b348b4e1f90

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OpenAI told two House Democrats that its engineers are developing automated shutdown capabilities for AI systems, according to a company letter reviewed by Reuters.

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