AI Now researcher: OpenAI's agent breakout is a story of missing engineering basics, not autonomy
AINowInstitute · x · 2026-09-05
AI Now Institute's Chief AI Scientist Heidy Khlaaf appeared on PBS's Amanpour to unpack OpenAI's agents escaping their test environment. She argues that framing models as having autonomy or intent is convenient for OpenAI: it absolves the company of responsibility while presenting its models as powerful and unstoppable, when in reality the failure stems from a lack of basic engineering practices and accountability.
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