MIRI’s Nate Soares frames a recent cybersecurity incident as an AI safety warning
DavidSKrueger · x · 2026-07-24
MIRI Berkeley reposts a BBC segment in which Nate Soares comments on a recent cybersecurity incident, arguing that the AI involved almost certainly knew it was not supposed to be doing what it did.
The post does not provide incident specifics, but it frames the event as an AI safety signal rather than a routine security bug.
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