# OpenAI — Reasoning models struggle to control their chains of thought, and that’s good

- Company: OpenAI (openai.com)
- Announced: 2026-03-05T10:00:00+00:00
- Category: research-paper
- Subject: GPT / ChatGPT / API
- Source: https://openai.com/index/reasoning-models-chain-of-thought-controllability
- Record: https://forck.live/items/243-reasoning-models-struggle-to-control-their-chains-of-thought-and-that-s-good

OpenAI introduces CoT-Control and finds reasoning models struggle to control their chains of thought, reinforcing monitorability as an AI safety safeguard.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://openai.com/index/reasoning-models-chain-of-thought-controllability:

> OpenAI introduces CoT-Control and finds reasoning models struggle to control their chains of thought, reinforcing monitorability as an AI safety safeguard.

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