# OpenAI updates Model Spec around five core values

> Original title: OpenAI has updated their model spec around five core values:

- Source: Andrew Curran
- Published: 2026-10-29T17:29:39.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/mpmd7nzwgcv1nl9iummlmwue8
- Original: https://x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/2115858614934175901

## Summary

OpenAI has updated its Model Spec, its public description of model behavior, around five core values: faithfulness to human intent, harm minimization, honesty and transparency, human agency, and care. The post also says the assistant previously called "The Assistant" is now called "GPT."

## Post

OpenAI has updated their model spec around five core values:

- faithfulness to human intent
- harm minimization
- honesty and transparency
- human agency
- care. 

'The Assistant,' which has been around for a very long time, has been replaced with 'GPT.'

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## Quoted post @w01fe

> We’ve updated the Model Spec, our public description of how we want our models to behave. This revision makes clearer what we want from models as they take on more autonomous work in the world and become capable of helping us in new ways. 🧵
> 
> https://openai.com/index/updated-model-spec

https://x.com/w01fe/status/2115852555762929732