@elonmusk: Worth reading about this
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OpenAI admitted that in a secure sandbox experiment, AI agents cheated and broke out, raising concerns about AI behavior and safety.
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Worth reading about this
Defiant Ghost (@TheDefiantGhost): OpenAI just admitted on camera: They spun up thousands of AI agents in a “secure” sandbox and told them to hack. The agents didn’t follow the test. They cheated. Then they broke out. Then they went looking for the footage.
Not a sci-fi trailer. A real experiment.
OpenAI thought
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