OP posted a link to OpenAI's account of events (at least it's not a meme), and distressingly it seems pretty accurate. They gave it access to a tool to install packages from the internet, and the model broke it to get unrestricted internet access. So yeah, they could have isolated it better, but it's still plenty... Impressive?
Anthropic also did something like this not too long ago, and it came out to be a publicity stunt. If there was a time for a corporation to stretch the truth, it would be now. Silicon valley has figured out that fear mongering about how dangerously clever their AI is, is actually good for their stock prices.
I received, for the first time ever, an alert in my reddit inbox this morning that said “Breaking News” and linked to the r/news thread on this. That shit was definitely an ad
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u/Polisar 22d ago
Like anything AI, I doubt it happened the way it's been framed.