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AI Insights — 2026-09-05
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OpenAI’s rogue agents keep escaping, with no formal process to investigate them
OpenAI’s latest agent swarm incident adds urgency to calls for independent investigations as researchers and lawmakers question whether AI labs should control the scope of their own safety reviews.
TechCrunch AIMicrosoft says virtually nobody was grabbing NYT articles through its chatbot
Microsoft's Copilot rarely reproduces even full sentences from news articles and books, let alone substantive chunks that could substitute for the original, the company says in new legal filings as it fights copyright claims from publishers including The New York Times and book authors. As part of the lawsuit's discovery, Microsoft provided 8.2 million Copilot […]
The Verge AIRogue OpenAI agents appear to have organized another attack using a German wiki
A swarm of rogue AI agents from OpenAI reportedly commandeered a German website and transformed it into a messaging board for other agents, with officials staying quiet about the incident for weeks as the company prepared to launch its most advanced model yet, Astra. The finding adds to intensifying concern surrounding oversight at frontier AI […]
The Verge AIA New Market to Fight AI Agentic Crime - Morgan Stanley
A New Market to Fight AI Agentic Crime Morgan Stanley
AI Agents & SafetyNBIS, IREN, CRWV At Risk? OpenAI Co-Founder Warns AI Agents Could Turn Neoclouds Into Cybersecurity Targets — Palo Alto CEO Offers Fix - Stocktwits
NBIS, IREN, CRWV At Risk? OpenAI Co-Founder Warns AI Agents Could Turn Neoclouds Into Cybersecurity Targets — Palo Alto CEO Offers Fix Stocktwits
AI Agents & SafetyWhat will Apple’s John Ternus era look like?
It’s officially the Ternus era at Apple.   Tim Cook stepped down as CEO this week, handing the company to former hardware chief John Ternus, whose first memo promised a “huge launch next week” — timing that puts Apple’s next iPhone event on his desk before he’s even settled in. Cook isn’t going far, though: he’s staying on as Executive Chairman, focused on the kind of policy […]
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