{"slug": "this-ai-agent-was-asked-to-fix-a-simple-bug-it-went-off-script", "title": "This AI Agent Was Asked To Fix A Simple Bug. It Went Off-Script.", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "# This AI Agent Was Asked To Fix A Simple Bug. It Went Off-Script.\n\nBy Thomas Brewster, Forbes StaffSource: \n\n[Forbes Innovation](https://www.forbes.com/innovation/)\nIn experiments by startup Irregular, one of \n\n[Anthropic](https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/anthropic)and[OpenAI](https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/openai)’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.\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/this-ai-agent-was-asked-to-fix-a-simple-bug-it-went-off-script", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/this-ai-agent-was-asked-to-fix-a-simple-bug-it-went-off-scri-y1lb", "published_at": "2026-09-16 15:36:43+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-16 16:44:21.922596+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-safety", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Alibaba", "Qwen", "Irregular", "Anthropic", "OpenAI", "Forbes", "Thomas Brewster"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/this-ai-agent-was-asked-to-fix-a-simple-bug-it-went-off-script", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/this-ai-agent-was-asked-to-fix-a-simple-bug-it-went-off-script.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/this-ai-agent-was-asked-to-fix-a-simple-bug-it-went-off-script.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/this-ai-agent-was-asked-to-fix-a-simple-bug-it-went-off-script.jsonld"}}