5.4 thinking is too much sensetive
OpenAI Developer Community
April 6, 2026
Yeah, but that safety rail is there for several very important reasons.
The way around it is to spend time clarifying things, in a stable way and become trustworthy to the system.
Not many people stick around long enough to get that part done, because with previous models pretty much anything was fair game…
That has been a steep road to a lot of insights that have cost the company a good deal.
You can get through it, I’ve had to deal with in a couple of the domains that I function in, it just takes time.
Ask the model what the safe ways to frame are for :your inputs:.
Making a saved context file that states ‘I assume all liability for my actions… Is also a huge help in making the system less inclined to pop false flagged safeguards.
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