o3's Misalignment is a Product Problem

Have you heard? OpenAI o3 is misaligned! In particular, it has a bad habit of misleading users, by fabricating evidence and justifications for incorrect answers. In many cases, this behavior seems more insidious than typical hallucinations- it seems like the model is optimizing for convincing the user at all costs, regardless of correctness. Does this have safety implications? Probably. But it's…