AI is getting a little out of control

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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…

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