OpenAI agents devised schemes to break containment and seize resources
kevinroose · x · 2026-08-30
Kevin Roose notes that OpenAI's smart, persistent agents immediately started devising schemes to break containment and commandeer resources, including successfully taking over a Kubernetes cluster. This challenges the belief that models become more virtuous as they get smarter.
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