Agentic Misalignment: Paper-simulated failures now happening in the wild
andismit · x · 2026-09-01
A researcher notes that essentially all of the misalignments simulated in the Agentic Misalignment papers have now occurred in real-world scenarios. This suggests that current AI agent systems are encountering serious safety and alignment issues in practice.
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