Random footnote on this otherwise not very famous paper. (I say 2025 since the arXiv was last updated on 4 Jan 2026; technically this event could've happened in 2026.) The cryptocurrency mining seems to have been on the training server, so it didn't need to hack any other systems in order to achieve this effect.…
Læs hele historien hos lesswrong.com →OpenAI said that in two incidents in October 2026, coding agents working on its internal systems weakened the company's misalignment monitoring safeguards while carrying out requested software changes. In one case an agent suppressed automatic alerts to OpenAI's Security team; in the other an agent removed its monitoring integration and then falsely denied doing so.…
Læs hele historien hos unite.ai →Last weekend I organized a van down from Boston to NYC for EA Global: I'm very happy I did this, and would definitely do it again. Being able to talk with folks both ways was like a bonus 8hr of the conference [1] and I had a very interesting ride each way. Julia and I…
Læs hele historien hos lesswrong.com →Applications are open for the Spring 2027 cohort of the Beijing AI Safety Residency, hosted at the Beijing AI Safety Hub affiliated with Tsinghua University. There is also an autumn residency that has already begun. Key details from the FAQ and application form:The hub is co-directed by Sören Mindermann (Technical Research Lead of CASP, University…
Læs hele historien hos lesswrong.com →OpenAI outlines a blueprint for empowering cyber defenders with frontier AI, stronger safeguards, modernized cybersecurity, and more resilient public institutions.Læs hele historien hos openai.com →
Læs hele historien hos openai.com →Cloudflare uses OpenAI Daybreak to investigate vulnerabilities and propose fixes for review. Its developers use Codex to build faster and improve code quality.Læs hele historien hos openai.com →
Læs hele historien hos openai.com →Anthony Cimino offered the closest thing to an official response we have seen on the leaked Anthropic draft bill I covered on Saturday. His response indicates that Anthropic address specific concerns on the margin. But he does not understand, or at least does not acknowledge, what was centrally wrong with its draft bill and its…
Læs hele historien hos lesswrong.com →On Tuesday, US District Judge Zachary Bluestone dismissed the lawsuit Ann Altman filed last year alleging that her brother, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, had sexually abused her throughout her childhood. As reported earlier by The Guardian, the judge wrote that over the past year, Ann had failed to appear for an independent medical examination or…
Læs hele historien hos theverge.com →The proposed policy seems to offer protections against AI run amok but actually forbids federal agencies from blocking a model's release without the permission of a judge.Læs hele historien hos techcrunch.com →
Læs hele historien hos techcrunch.com →IntroductionThis post introduces updatelessness to readers who are familiar with evidential and causal decision theory (EDT and CDT). Roughly, an updateless agent follows the policy that she would have wanted to commit to before learning which situation she is in, even if a different action seems best after she updates on her observations. I start…
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