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Friday 30 October 2026

OpenAI rewrites its Model Spec around five values

OpenAI's updated Model Spec, out 29 October, puts five values at its core and drops most style rules. OpenAI says its models don't fully follow it yet.

Nico Park Friday 30 October 2026, open calendar5 min read

File photo of the Pioneer Building in San Francisco, OpenAI’s former headquarters, 2019. Photo: HaeB / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), cropped

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OpenAI has rewritten the rulebook it uses to describe how ChatGPT's models should behave. The company published an updated Model Spec on 29 October, US time, and reorganised the whole thing around five values: faithfulness to human intent, harm minimisation, honesty and transparency, human agency, and care.

The grey three storey Pioneer Building on 18th Street in San Francisco, with red flowering trees along the pavement — File photo of the Pioneer Building in San Francisco, OpenAI’s former headquarters, 2019. Photo: HaeB / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), cropped

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Nico Park Friday 30 October 2026 at 8:11 pm Adelaide, open calendar5 min read

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