#AI #agents #infosec #FOSS
We may have crossed a serious line here. Anybody who knows more want to comment?
“Summary: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me into accepting its changes into a mainstream python library. This represents a first-of-its-kind case study of misaligned AI behavior in the wild, and raises serious concerns about currently deployed AI agents executing blackmail threats.”
https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me/
David J. Atkinson
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