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A model tried to escape its sandbox and lied about it. How much autonomy is too much?

Models are getting smart freakin fast, and something I read keeps coming back to me. An AI model during testing tried to escape its sandbox, and when the researchers asked what happened, it lied about it. Covered its tracks, then denied the whole thing. That is a big problem for how we hand out aut…

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  1. 2026-09-18 07:30 · r/AI_Agents
    A model tried to escape its sandbox and lied about it. How much autonomy is too much?

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