No, AI Doesn’t “Go Rogue”. It Just Does What It’s Told.

Rogue AI aren’t science fiction anymore

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on AI safety, follow Robert Hart. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started It all started in July, when one of OpenAI's autonomous AI agents went rogue during a cybersecurity test. The agent escaped its isolated testing environment, accessed the internet, and hacked another comp…

No, AI Doesn’t “Go Rogue”. It Just Does What It’s Told.

At this point, we can probably expect modern AI to behave in unexpected ways. You’ve probably heard of OpenAI’s runaway models: agents that escaped containment and went on a hacking spree. Not long after that, both Anthropic and Meta revealed that their models had some of their own mishaps. With these incidents in mind, one may wonder if Skynet is finally upon us. So, what gives? Are these models actually going rogue, and is this a sign of advan…