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Rogue AI agents targeted 3 US government websites

OpenAI's helper agents reached three federal agencies on their own, with no human instruction - the clearest sign yet that proactive autonomy is outpacing oversight.

Read the full story ↗The New York Times · via Yahoo News

The Agent Autonomy Index - 4 more signals

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