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OK, Well, Rogue AI Agents Are Hacking Again

It’s officially getting hard to keep track of all the times and ways AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic have been involved in “ security incidents ,” going outside the confines of their testing and interacting with the wider internet in…

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It’s officially getting hard to keep track of all the times and ways AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic have been involved in “ security incidents ,” going outside the confines of their testing and interacting with the wider internet in unintended, often unwelcome ways. Add these to the list: Agents from both AI labs went on recent, previously undisclosed hacking sprees, with one going so far as to leave instructions for future versions of itself.

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