AI is getting a little out of control

Wow. Mathematical breakthroughs that would be called genius if done by humans. A secret message-board w/ AI agent swarms leaving notes read by future versions. Hassabis leaves CEO position, or was pushed out? Not to mention news of constitutional breakdowns, Gemini 4 and Jeff Dean… https://80000hours.org/aiexplained Exclusive Videos - AI Insiders ($7/month if annual!): https://www.patreon.com/AIExplained Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 01:16 - 10 Autonomous Discoveries 08:20 - The Security ‘Incident’ 15:29 - MessageBoard 19:50 - Constitutional Failure 24:30 - Google Explosion 29:12 - Closing Thoughts Security Incident: Paper: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/663bd486c5e4c81588db7a1d/6a724858f7db25c81487016d_Security%20Incident%20INC-2026-07-28-01.pdf Post: https://www.aisi.gov.uk/blog/incident-report-unsanctioned-agent-behaviour-during-cyber-testing https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/05/ai-models-have-been-going-rogue-in-tests-how-worried-should-we-be Meta too: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/meta-ai-model-hacked-another-company-cybersecurity-testing?rc=sy0ihq Blatantly Misaligned: https://x.com/yonashav/status/2085167279893795022 No Excuses: https://x.com/boazbaraktcs/status/2085034783541964945 Surreal Moment: https://x.com/mobav0/status/2084341687883841732 Wired Article: https://archive.is/20260806002210/https://www.wired.com/story/openai-didnt-notice-its-ai-agents-using-a-message-board-to-plan-their-hacking-spree/ Chunky Post-training: https://x.com/johnschulman2/status/2084835800899076313 Watershed Moment: https://www.groundlevel-ai.com/p/openai-gives-first-detailed-debrief?has_completed_unsubscribed_unlock=true HedgeFund Hack: https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/major-hedge-funds-targeted-wave-154044981.html 10 Discoveries: Paper: https://cdn.openai.com/pdf/ten-proofs-oai.pdf Post: https://openai.com/index/ten-advances-in-mathematics/ Haven’t Solved Math: https://x.com/polynoamial/status/2083476852216369294 Half with Fable: https://x.com/__alpoge__/status/2083855298239078748 Pivot to Safety: https://www.understandingai.org/p/mathematicians-are-grappling-with Amodei Essay: https://darioamodei.com/essay/the-adolescence-of-technology?utm_source=chatgpt.com Constitution: https://www.anthropic.com/constitution Midtraining: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.02087 DroneBench: https://andonlabs.com/evals/drone-bench https://x.com/andonlabs/status/2085125235188310445 Book Deal: https://x.com/venturetwins/status/2085185278378222054 Making Marble: https://x.com/Rainmaker1973/status/2084560915404382685 Google News: Hassabis Move: https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/message-ceo/next-chapter-ai-momentum/ Resignation: https://x.com/Turn_Trout/status/2077448610157891734 Periodic Labs: https://periodic.com/ Jeff Dean: https://x.com/JeffDean/status/2085034604172603724 14 Challenges: https://gcsp.engineering.asu.edu/apply/become-a-grand-challenge-scholar/the-14-grand-challenges-for-engineering/ Going Places for Sure: https://x.com/thsottiaux/status/2085223189555126579 Gemini 4: https://x.com/firstadopter/status/2085215060532535449 Pacing Frontier Patreon Video: https://www.patreon.com/AIExplained/posts/opus-5-amodei-165170363 Non-hype Newsletter: https://signaltonoise.beehiiv.com/ Podcast: https://aiexplainedopodcast.buzzsprout.com/