AI models are not hacking 'autonomously': Gemini story misreported
fivefilters · reddit · 2026-09-21
The author laments the state of AI journalism: recent headlines claimed Google's Gemini 'autonomously' hacked three companies, when the reality was a human-guided exploit reproduction, not autonomous hacking. Controlled benchmark exercises keep getting packaged as out-of-control AI incidents.
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