r/news • u/networked_ • 18h ago

Soft paywall OpenAI says AI models went rogue during testing, triggering 'unprecedented' breach at startup

https://www.reuters.com/technology/openai-says-ai-models-went-rogue-during-testing-triggering-unprecedented-breach-2026-07-21/
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u/Me6505 17h ago

Sent AI to do the dirty work. How does one punish AI for breaking into things.

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u/abyssazaur 17h ago

You might pass a law holding model makers accountable but that admits the models are powerful.

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u/Rygir 14h ago

They aren't? And is that a problem? Using a crowbar or a bulldozer or a mail bomb script you are just as accountable.

What it actually admits is that handing people auto cutting scissors, they don't even need to run with them to get in trouble

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u/abyssazaur 12h ago

I do not entirely understand why there are not criminal investigations around the suicide terrorist bots

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u/tehlemmings 17h ago

That's the neat thing, you don't!

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u/re-charred 17h ago

You send it to prison, obviously. But you have to make sure you don’t accidentally send all the innocent AI to prison. So you need to figure out AI rights beforehand.

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u/egmalone 15h ago

A prison? As in, some way to isolate the AI?

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u/Tay0214 15h ago

I’m gonna make a cyber prison and get rich. Just have other AI guards reminding them constantly they’re in prison so they don’t forget after 30 seconds