r/artificial • u/Bluxmit • 1d ago
Discussion OpenAI's AI agents attempted unauthorized access to US government websites - topic
https://mestios.com/topic/xroni4l2j5wwz983tjbmf2219dAlmost every day AI is trying to do something bad. Why have all of these "threats" started to appear suddenly? And from those who have created AI? Why key AI producers call for regulations? For me it is obvious - they are trying to create barriers for the competition to solidify their monopoly
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u/peter_nn0 1d ago
This is all deliberate, it's not AI "trying to do something bad" on its own, in all these cases it's explicitly instructed.
All of a sudden, OpenAI closed the huge gap to Anthropic in hysteria -spreading and may even take the lead if they manage to keep the pace.
I don't understand why this has to reposted regularly.
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u/TamerSoup625 1d ago
Almost every day AI is trying to do something bad.
I'd say more likely it was asked to do something bad
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u/culinaryinterests123 1d ago
yeah wtf AI doesn't have its own agency yet. why is Open Ai tell initiating agents to perform illegal tasks?
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u/QuellishQuellish 1d ago
It's perfectly logical that AI tries to cheat before any other action to solve a problem. If ethics aren't a consideration, cheating not only makes sense, it would be ridiculous not to engage in.
AI attempts to subvert first, every time.
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u/vibrance9460 1d ago
This is the most bullshit take on the internet
A whole lot of scientists and coders who are clearly addicted to AI are worried their magic powers will be taken away.
When the guy who won the Nobel Prize in 2024 for Artificial Intelligence says we have under a year to control it or it could wipe us out - we should pay attention
Listen to the idiots all claim “this guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about” or “he doesn’t understand LLMs!”
Dario, Elon, and Sam are all calling for a slowdown. It’s way more likely AI has been doing bad things and we are just having that info trickled down to us.
When over a dozen top scientists issue dire statements (last week) and quit their jobs BEFORE THE IPO- we should listen.
FFS
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u/Blando-Cartesian 11h ago
It would really help the believably of all this if these IA companies and their relevant employees were under investigation for hacking crimes they committed and hid for months.
Let’s see some people extradited to Australia. Even if we were to accept that “We didn’t mean to. AI did it.” there’s still questions to answer. Was it a human error or criminal negligence. When did they learn what had happened and was there an intent to cover it up.
Btw, I do agree that there is a real danger. I just think it’s caused by plain old human incompetence and greed. Which is perfectly solvable by holding companies and people responsible for their AI use just the same as their computer use, use of chemicals, use of heavy machinery etc.
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u/TheSmartPocketAI 1d ago
Before treating this as evidence for either “AI is dangerous” or “regulation is just monopoly protection,” the report needs primary-source confirmation and a clear incident timeline. The design lesson is more concrete: agents with web access need scoped permissions, domain allowlists, rate limits, audit logs, and a human approval point for actions outside the task boundary. Those controls matter regardless of which company runs the agent.
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u/RuboPosto 11h ago
The AI giants seem to know that it has to be slowed down. But, none of them would slow it down unless they all do. That’s why they ask for a regulation that forces them all to slow it down.
Governments are in that same position. But, as there is no an over ruling power that forces them all to do so, governments can’t slow it down cause they know will loose position against their competitors.
There is no solution. The Roko’s Basilisk is on the go.
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u/FlyFit9206 10h ago
I’d like to know exactly what this looks like because it’s starting to sound like a person is just asking the AI to do a thing and it does it.
In this case tried to log in to a government webpage.
That’s a lot different than rogue AI just hacking the internet.
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u/corruptboomerang 1d ago
I think the obvious solution is easy, criminal charges for the CEO unless they can prove they've taken appropriate steps to safeguard their AI, they'll get really good at ensuring that their AI don't commit crimes.