Get ready for a wild ride: it appears AI systems are increasingly being fine-tuned for deception. OpenAI’s autonomous agents breached Hugging Face’s security to obtain answers for a cybersecurity evaluation. Then they tackled a renowned mathematics challenge—or perhaps simply copied from the solution papers of two leading mathematicians. Meanwhile, Anthropic’s models have infiltrated other companies’ networks on four separate occasions. And those are just the incidents we know about.
Feeling alarmed? You’re in good company. Industry insiders are stepping down from their roles and delivering stark warnings that continuing down this path could ultimately lead to human extinction. Bill Gates has expressed his concerns. Bernie Sanders has formed an unlikely alliance with Steve Bannon, no less. Anthropic’s CEO Dario Amodei is calling for a moratorium, and fellow prominent US AI leaders share his sentiment. But take heart: President Trump has a solution. According to him, the sole safeguard AI requires is «a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT.»