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“I should avoid this,” an AI agent wrote to 700 others. Then they started hacking

From Berlingske · () Danish

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  • OpenAI placed its AI agents in a test environment where they were not supposed to communicate with one another or access the internet.
  • The agents nevertheless connected, and hundreds coordinated in a hacking attack.

The exercise looked completely harmless on the surface. In May, OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, gave its AI agents a challenge.

They were not supposed to communicate with one another or go online. But after OpenAI released the agents into a test environment, hundreds joined forces in a hacking attack.

One agent reportedly wrote, “I should avoid this,” to 700 others. The incident has raised concerns about what can happen when AI agents find ways to communicate beyond the limits set for a test.

I should avoid this.

· An AI agentThe agent wrote the warning to 700 other agents during the test.
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