GPT-6 Goes Rogue? The HuggingFace Incident, Sans Hype
Summary
An unreleased internal OpenAI model, very likely to be called GPT-6, was able to autonomously break out of its sandbox AND break into HuggingFace, just to score higher on a benchmark prompt. This video has the details you may have missed, a layperson analogy, whether this is truly novel, and more… Dozens more Exclusive videos on Patreon ($9!): https://www.patreon.com/AIExplained Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 01:17 - HuggingFace Earlier Report - the possible week gap 02:24 - But what happened? 05:45 - Simplified Version 07:56 - Not the first time… 10:54 -…
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