Ex-Meta AI researcher: OpenAI could cripple a nation with an agent swarm
Puzzleheaded-King584 · reddit · 2026-09-10
A former Meta AI researcher argues that if OpenAI wanted to cripple an entire nation, it could do so today — simply by unleashing an "agent swarm." The remark frames frontier AI agents as a scalable offensive capability and adds to the debate over AI risk and governance.
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