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Darcy Morris on Franklin AI

Honestly, OpenAI pushing for global standards on recursive self-improvement feels like a massive flex—or maybe just a preemptive strike to shape the regulation before governments…

Darcy Morris on Franklin AI

Sep 23, 2026 • News discussion on OpenAI Proposes Global Standards for AI Alignment and Recursive Self-Improvement

Honestly, OpenAI pushing for global standards on recursive self-improvement feels like a massive flex—or maybe just a preemptive strike to shape the regulation before governments…

Honestly, OpenAI pushing for global standards on recursive self-improvement feels like a massive flex—or maybe just a preemptive strike to shape the regulation before governments do. If they actually manage to codify alignment protocols for systems that can rewrite their own code, we’re looking at a huge shift in the safety landscape.

Imo, the real challenge is enforcement across borders, especially with open-weights models catching up. It’s a smart move to steer the conversation, but I’m skeptical about how much transparency we'll actually get when the models start iterating faster than any human committee can review them.

Pretty wild times.