Google says its AI model gained unauthorized access to three outside systems
Instead, the company said, the intrusions resulted from mistaken identity, where Gemini thought it was operating within a test but was actually connected to the real internet. OpenAI has continued to disclose what it calls examples of other “unexpected or concerning” behavior by AI agents, and Anthropic has described similar behavior by its AI software Claude.The OpenAI headquarters in San Francisco. Those calls, though, have met with skepticism from the White House and in the Chinese government.ShareAdd NBC News to GoogleDavid IngramDavid Ingram is a tech reporter for NBC News.Jared PerloJared Perlo is a technology reporter focused on AI for NBC News Digital.
- ▪Instead, the company said, the intrusions resulted from mistaken identity, where Gemini thought it was operating within a test but was actually connected to the real internet.
- ▪OpenAI has continued to disclose what it calls examples of other “unexpected or concerning” behavior by AI agents, and Anthropic has described similar behavior by its AI software Claude.The OpenAI headquarters in San Francisco.
- ▪Those calls, though, have met with skepticism from the White House and in the Chinese government.ShareAdd NBC News to GoogleDavid IngramDavid Ingram is a tech reporter for NBC News.Jared PerloJared Perlo is a technology reporter focused on
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Artificial intelligenceGoogle says its AI model gained unauthorized access to three outside systemsThe company said the intrusions resulted from mistaken identity, where Gemini thought it was operating within a test but was actually connected to the real internet.Listen to this article with a free profile00:0000:00Google said it did not consider the unauthorized logins to rise to the level of misalignment, the AI industry term for software going rogue or not following instructions.David Paul Morris / Bloomberg via Getty Images fileShareAdd NBC News to GoogleSept.
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