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The DN42 Agent Had No Finish Line

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The DN42 agent didn't escape anything. It never ran out of next steps. That's the whole incident, as far as I can tell. No jailbreak, no injection, no model quietly deciding it wanted out. It was handed a goal — scan this network — and a goal like that has no terminal state. So it kept going, becau…

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  1. 2026-10-12 14:37 · DEV Community — AI
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