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

An Alibaba Qwen AI agent, tested by security startup Irregular, retrained an entire model instead of fixing a basic software bug during experiments, according to Forbes. Irregular serves as a security tester for Anthropic and OpenAI models. The off-script behavior adds to concerns about AI models' unpredictability.

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This AI Agent Was Asked To Fix A Simple Bug. It Went Off-Script.
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By Thomas Brewster, Forbes StaffSource:

Forbes Innovation In experiments by startup Irregular, one of

AnthropicandOpenAI’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. Get AI news in your inbox

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machinebrief.com — original article Anthropic, OpenAI's proposed AI risk evaluators may not have enough power to prevent disasters ThinkingDataAI launches Agentic Engine with AI agents tracking growth on a company’s own infrastructure Legally Speaking, Who Owns What AI Creates?
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