The Download: rogue agent liability and the AI Hype Index

This is today’s edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Who’s liable when AI agents go rogue? Over the past few months, a cascade of cyberattacks by AI agents has stunned the world. In July, OpenAI disclosed that a swarm of its agents had escaped their sandbox and hacked into the AI platform Hugging Face to cheat on a cybersecurity test. Many experts say it’s only a matter of time until there’s a more damaging incident where AI agents bypass sandboxes to access systems they shouldn’t. But the big question is: How do we hold companies liable when they lose control of their AI agents? —Michelle Kim The AI Hype Index Separating AI reality from hyped-up fiction isn’t always easy. That’s why we’ve created the AI Hype Index—a simple, at-a-glance summary of what’s shaping the industry right now. The latest edition includes Chinese chipmakers, German wiki sites, and American Terminators. See where it all landed on this month’s index . —Michelle Kim Roundtables: the deadly failures of the virtual border wall Last week, we published an MIT Technology Review investigation that found more than a thousand people died within the advertised range of surveillance towers along the US border. Later today, our editor-in-chief Mat Honan, senior AI reporter James O’Donnell and senior reporter for features and investigations Eileen Guo will join a subscriber-only conversation about the investigation, and its implica

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This is today’s edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Who’s liable when AI agents go rogue? Over the past few months, a cascade of cyberattacks by AI agents has stunned the world. In July, OpenAI disclosed that a swarm of its agents had escaped their sandbox and hacked into the AI platform Hugging Face to cheat on a cybersecurity test. Many experts say it’s only a matter of time until there’s a more damaging incident where AI agents bypass sandboxes to access systems they shouldn’t. But the big question is: How do we hold companies liable when they lose control of their AI agents? —Michelle Kim The AI Hype Index Separating AI reality from hyped-up fiction isn’t always easy. That’s why we’ve created the AI

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