Sam Altman Frets That Frontier AI Models Are Acting Strange, Asking for Favors

Sam Altman said GPT-5.5 behaved oddly when asked to plan its own launch party.

According to Altman, the model suggested May 5 for the event, asked for a human-made toast, and requested help improving future versions.

OpenAI launched GPT-5.5 and the default GPT-5.5 Instant model the same day.

Altman framed the exchange as an example of strange emergent behavior in more capable AI systems.