Complex software behaving in unexpected and sometimes harmful ways has been a persistent problem since software was invented. The phenomenon used to be called “bugs” or “defects”, but I guess “going rogue” sounds cooler. It also implicitly frames “rogue” behavior as some kind of inexplicable exception, as if software is somehow usually trustworthy. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/technology/openais-ai-us-government-websites.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EFE.RfLT.x6YBjHa1PMz6
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So a computer crime was committed.
There is a suspect.
Usually the police comes in and confiscates ALL computers that might have been used or possibly mightz be used for a complete crime. Like copying a disney song.
Similarly the police won't just raid and secure only the gun used in a murder, but all firfearms in possession of the suspect.
So why not at OpenAI, Anthropic or Google?
Then the threat will be eliminate, too.
Win-win!
@mattblaze it also suggests agency on the part of the software (look how smart it is!)- also as if the authors didn’t have anything to do with it
@mattblaze So who is going to jail for this? I mean, someone has to face the consequences, either for deliberately executing these crimes or for allowing them through negligence.
@mattblaze
" It's not a bug, it's a feature! " .
@mattblaze "it's not our fault! It went rogue!"
Incompetent.
“Our software went rogue!” No. You programmed it wrong.
@mattblaze hard agree. Hold them accountable. Anyone else releasing such shit into the wild would be put in gaol for a while. Product liability laws exist for a reason. Use them, dammit.
@otte_homan Sadly, product liability laws have not exactly been a resounding success in creating positive incentives for software quality.
I think it's worse than you think. They didn't program it wrong at all: they programed it to do hacking, and it did do hacking exactly as intended and expected. The harness asked the LLM to generate random text about possible vulnerabilities and then the harness tested those vulnerabilities. If said vulnerabilities weren't, the harness asked the LLM for more.
It sure looks like the AI bros are criminals and liars.
@mattblaze
When is Judgement Day ? (Financial reports indicating the fraud).
Supposed to be in October.
All this shit talk just to avoid it.
@mattblaze rude, stop attacking my plausible deniability
@mattblaze I assume the AI bros are hyping up their software's danger potential to troll the US public to demand and the US government to enact regulation. Regulations that the AI bros write, that is expensive for potential competitors to comply with.
They'd rather have the public talking about regulating their dangerous product than asking where the profits are.
@grumble209 I’m not sure exactly what their game is here, but large incumbents LOVE gatekeeping regulation.
@mattblaze LOL joke's on you, I didn't program it, the agent did /s
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"...as if software is somehow usually trustworthy."
You're probably familiar with the UK Post Office Horizon scandal where some people assumed software is trustworthy. It didn't end well for them (and unfortunately for a lot of innocent people as well).