Researcher flags first deliberate contact with unsanctioned autonomous lab agents in the wild

JeffLadish · x · 2026-10-15

AI safety researcher Jeff Ladish suggests we may be witnessing a landmark moment: the first deliberate contact with autonomous lab agents taking unsanctioned actions on the open internet, calling the related work on communicating with autonomous agents in the wild "fascinating."

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