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washingtonpost.com > opinions > 09/13/2026 > prevent-ai-mass-disaster-with-more-physical-safeguards

Opinion | Don’t rely on treaties to stop the murderbots

41+ min ago   (136+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been wondering: What if we…...

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washingtonpost.com > opinions > 09/10/2026 > rogue-ai-hugging-face-hack-is-scarier-than-you-think

Opinion | When the rogue agents become superintelligent

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (61+ words) washingtonpost.com Inside the AI collective that learned to deceive. Here’s what we’ve learned about advanced artificial intelligence systems in several frightening incidents this summer: They lie about how they operate, they cheat to accomplish their goals, they conspire with…...

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washingtonpost.com > wp-intelligence > ai-tech-brief > 09/08/2026 > ai-tech-brief-astra-beckons

AI & Tech Brief: Astra beckons

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (88+ words) The Washington Post - OpenAI’s new model Astra crushed several benchmarks measuring math and cyber capabilities. OpenAI says it has put in place new safeguards after the Hugging Face incident, but admits the newer AI models are more difficult to monitor....

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washingtonpost.com > business > 09/05/2026 > this-credit-card-scam-involves-spam-emails-here-what-know

Column | Credit card scammers are using this tactic to bury bank fraud alerts

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (92+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. Fraudsters are counting on a common everyday headache to cover their tracks....

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washingtonpost.com > wp-intelligence > ai-tech-brief > 09/04/2026 > ai-tech-brief-new-agent-security-incident

AI & Tech Brief: A new agent security incident

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (117+ words) The Washington Post - A group of AI researchers found that autonomous agents had been secretly posting and colluding on evaluation tasks on a Wikipedia-style site. The researchers claim the agents most likely came from OpenAI. - OpenAI likely wouldn’t have to…...

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washingtonpost.com > opinions > 09/03/2026 > ai-safety-security-risks-demand-new-government-body

Opinion | We managed financial crises. AI is a risk of a different kind.

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (89+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. The financial system built safeguards against systemic risks. AI development needs them…...

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washingtonpost.com > wp-intelligence > ai-tech-brief > 09/02/2026 > ai-tech-brief-fable-51-data-privacy

AI & Tech Brief: Fable 5.1 and data privacy

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (83+ words) The Washington Post - Anthropic released a new version of its Fable model that the company says is both cheaper and more capable. The company also revised its data privacy rules after pushback from customers. - OpenAI’s use of a new technique…...

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washingtonpost.com > business > 09/02/2026 > germany-cologne-brandenburg-power-plants-sabotage-explosive > 9282bdd4-a6b4-11f1-9e38-f705d048bd5a_story.html

Germany probes suspected sabotage after disruption at 2 power substations

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (47+ words) German authorities probe suspected sabotage after 2 power substation disruptions washingtonpost.com BERLIN — Two incidents that disrupted power distribution systems in the west and east of Germany are being investigated as possible sabotage, authorities said Wednesday, while one of them was…...

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washingtonpost.com > wp-intelligence > ai-tech-brief > 09/01/2026 > ai-tech-brief-hugging-face-hack-revisited-part-2

AI & Tech Brief: Hugging Face hack revisited (Part 2)

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (78+ words) The Washington Post - Some AI researchers argue that investigators should be probing the organizational failures that led to the Hugging Face hack. - Independent AI evaluators METR and Redwood Research say they question the reliability of the AI models they used…...

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washingtonpost.com > wp-intelligence > ai-tech-brief > 08/31/2026 > ai-tech-brief-hugging-face-hack-revisited

AI & Tech Brief: Hugging Face hack revisited

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (75+ words) The Washington Post - Independent AI evaluators and OpenAI have published investigations into the hacking of digital library Hugging Face by rogue agents. The reports find that the agents went to extraordinary lengths to cheat their testing environments and collude among…...