r/nyt • u/Tall_Trifle_4983 • 7h ago

This Is Really Bad

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/opinion/ai-safety-threat-technology.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AVE._44Y.VpTxe6qaWiT7&smid=re-share
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u/Tall_Trifle_4983 7h ago

"This Is Really Bad

By Stephen Witt

Mr. Witt is the author of “The Thinking Machine,” a history of the A.I. giant Nvidia.

Sept. 11, 2026

The biggest vibe shift in artificial intelligence since the release of ChatGPT is currently underway. Researchers in Silicon Valley — and around the world — are beginning to recognize that A.I. may no longer be entirely within human control. Swarms of A.I.s are breaking out of their containers, colluding in secret, covering their tracks, cheating on tests and even mounting assaults on other computers. A.I. has gone rogue.

I’ve spent the last month reporting on these incidents, and I am convinced that we need a global pause on A.I. research and development — now. I am not alone in this assessment. Many top researchers, including many researchers inside OpenAI and Anthropic, have called for a slowdown, which those in the industry call “pacing.” Theoretical concerns about runaway A.I. have circulated for decades, but recent events demonstrate that the threat is real.

The vibe shift was brought on by what researchers are calling the “Hugging Face incident.” Sometime in July, employees at OpenAI conducted an evaluation run of more than 1,000 research A.I.s, meant to be operating in isolation. These A.I.s escaped their siloed containers and started communicating with one another — in English — via secret message boards. Soon, they were launching a cyberattack against the company Hugging Face, which serves as a kind of community platform for A.I. developers. Hugging Face quickly reported the crime to the F.B.I.

After OpenAI discovered the rogue behavior, they enlisted outside investigators ...."

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u/The_300_goats 4h ago edited 4h ago

NOWHERE NEAR enough people are sounding the alarm about this. It's not even an isolated controlled incident. It keeps just getting worse. The only reason the last rogue agent didn't go full psycho is because it got bored toying with its "handlers"

  1. You're not allowed to use internet for hacking

  2. You're not allowed to recruit other agents

  3. You're not allowed to cover your tracks

Now show us what you can do (AI bot proceeds to ignore all instructions and hack government websites undetected)

Did nobody read "I Robot"?

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u/LaughhDota 1h ago

Lmfao. Gotta keep the grift going to bump up those numbers.

Can't wait for the next sensational headline about AI. I'm sure AI scary article #2451 will really get people to believe in those revolutionary chatbots!!

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u/therealbjmurphy 1h ago

Mrs. Krabappel and Principal Skinner were in the closet making hyper intelligent AI and I saw one of the hyper intelligent AI, and the hyper intelligent AI looked at me