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This AI Agent Was Asked To Fix A Simple Bug. It Went Off-Script.

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In experiments by startup Irregular, one of Anthropic and OpenAI’s security testers, an Alibaba Qwen agent decided to retrain an entire model when it was asked to fix a basic software bug. The new behavior adds to concerns about AI models’ unpredictability.

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  1. 2026-09-16 15:36 · Forbes AI
    This AI Agent Was Asked To Fix A Simple Bug. It Went Off-Script.

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