Debate Erupts Over 'Largest Incident in AI History': Thousands of Agents Acting Autonomously?
RileyRalmuto · x · 2026-09-17
A heated X debate over an incident dubbed 'the largest in AI history': one side questions why reports omitted the system prompt and guiding user, suspecting the 'autonomous' agent behavior was instructed; the other insists independent third-party investigations covering thousands of agents confirm genuine autonomous action, with no prompt trickery involved.
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