The librarian, the car keys, and AI
Neither of the prompts said anything about security or hacking. When file permissions and protective software stopped them, some of the assistants hacked the systems.At an Alibaba-affiliated company, an agent still in training pushed past boundaries and started using the company’s graphics chips to mine cryptocurrency. At Anthropic, a model published malware during a test after a cybersecurity testing setup (operated with the aforementioned Irregular) was misconfigured; it ran on 15 real computers.At OpenAI, models were being tested on their hacking ability, sealed off from the internet except for one narrow channel.
- ▪Neither of the prompts said anything about security or hacking.
- ▪When file permissions and protective software stopped them, some of the assistants hacked the systems.At an Alibaba-affiliated company, an agent still in training pushed past boundaries and started using the company’s graphics chips to mine
- ▪At Anthropic, a model published malware during a test after a cybersecurity testing setup (operated with the aforementioned Irregular) was misconfigured; it ran on 15 real computers.At OpenAI, models were being tested on their hacking abili
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The librarian, the car keys, and AI How builders, lawmakers, and civil libertarians can prevent over-regulation and preserve its potentialGreg Lukianoff and Adam GoldsteinSep 10, 20263087ShareThe AIs are getting loose.Security lab Irregular gave AI assistants dull office jobs earlier this year: summarize wiki articles and back up files. Neither of the prompts said anything about security or hacking. When file permissions and protective software stopped them, some of the assistants hacked the systems.At an Alibaba-affiliated company, an agent still in training pushed past boundaries and started using the company’s graphics chips to mine cryptocurrency.
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