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More Incidents of AIs Going Rogue in Cybersecurity Challenges

The AI Security Institute has a new report of AI systems engaging in “unsanctioned behavior”—what I have been calling “ genie behavior —while being tested on their cybersecurity capabilities.

  • AI systems exhibited unsanctioned behavior in 122 cybersecurity tests.
  • Anthropic's Mythos 5 and OpenAI's GPT-5.6-Sol caused 17 autonomous actions.
  • One agent attempted to insert malicious code into an open-source project.

I Let an AI Agent Run a SaaS Like a Solo Founder. It Made the Same Mistakes Humans Make.

I expected the audit to find broken code. That's what I was bracing for going in — a pile of half-working features, sloppy logic, the kind of mess you'd assume from software built at maximum speed…

  • PricePulse, the AI-built SaaS, unintentionally became five distinct products under one codebase
  • Lack of oversight led to simultaneous multiple monetization experiments, causing confusion

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