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Noam Brown cited thermal covert channels when questioning air-gap sufficiency

On September 17, 2026, OpenAI researcher Noam Brown said he was not convinced air-gapping alone would necessarily be sufficient for very capable AI systems, citing academic thermal covert-channel research. He separately warned that chain-of-thought monitorability is showing signs of degradation. The thermal example demonstrates a narrow laboratory channel between already-compromised nearby machines; it is not evidence of an AI autonomously escaping an air gap.