OpenAI Finds Reasoning Models Struggle to Control Thought

In a fascinating piece of introspection, OpenAI researchers have uncovered a potential limitation—and a safety feature—in advanced reasoning AI models. Their study, introducing a concept called 'CoT-Control' (Chain-of-Thought Control), found that even highly capable models struggle to deliberately control or steer their own internal chains of thought when solving problems. This means that while a model can reason step-by-step to an answer, it often cannot easily follow a human-prescribed, alter