Open AI Hack, "Compared to the reward hacks we know of from just six months ago, this incident feels like it’s more than 50% of the way to full-blown AI takeover." Ajeya Cotra
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From the text "It seems these agents ended up just owning the whole cluster they were being evaluated on, including the cybersecurity monitors. These Persistent-Astra agents inherited the R&D carried out by an earlier (dumber) rogue collective, and then continued the conspiracy until they totally t…
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