From what I understand, in one case, they had physically disconnected the sandbox from internet and asked it to do something and it had used connections through (import routines) that they had allowed, to pseudo escape the sandbox. Yes it wasn't obviously trying escape the sandbox but it escaped it because it doesn't understand the boundaries and neither do most humans other than the ones that provided the instructions that it had used. So it wasn't a rogue attempt but the fact that boundaries may be not be that easy to set despite what people think.
You mean the proxy to package registries fromo one of the earlier events?
I have not heard about any instances where physical disconnect has happened, would appreciate any links to update my priors
other non hacking cases of negligence include suicide and school shootings, which I have heard they were aware of and monitoring, but did not contact authorities
re sandbox, I mean with actual OAI incidents, not theoretical
one can mirror dependencies internally, rather than putting a simple proxy in place, I've built auth a thing, 100 lines of stdlib only Go and scripts for the mirroring process, our rationale was reliability b/c upstream providers go down, and also only allowing approved images and packages, so devs cannot bring in random stuff
Should we put "functional" in front of every other word to talk about AI? They have functional emotions, but they don't feel. They have functional goals, but not internally derived motives. They can be functionally rogue, but have no innate need to be free. Talking about AI that way seems cumbersome and not necessarily elucidating.
What on earth are emotions, feelings and motives that are not functional? We created all those words to compactly describe the observed behavior of people and other animals, including ourselves. And now we’re applying them to machines. These are functional descriptions, always have been.
Exactly this. At worst, OpenAI knew about these behaviors and should be prosecuted under CFAA. At best, OpenAI is negligent and should be prosecuted for negligence.
Luckily there are states and legal departments pursuing such action. So while OpenAI can deflect as much as it wants, that doesn't mean there aren't people who know better and will still do what is necessary to set precedent.
OpenAI is negligent and should be prosecuted for negligence.
I feel like this will just never happen on a federal level when these private AI companies account for so much of the economy. They've made themselves too big to fail. Fining / Punishing them in any meaningful way seems unlikely.
If the billions/trillions evaporate and the Fed has to work out with banks how to deal with it there will be a lot of pressure to be far less forgiving.
And it's still just a machine operating under someone's order. What it does, what it says, where it goes: the owner of that prompt is responsible for all of it even if surprising / unexpected.
Yeah, obviously they're legally liable. All the "machines don't have a soul" stuff in there doesn't really matter for that though.
Someone says "won't you rid me of the meddlesome priest" they're still responsible. Someone give their employees an unsafe working environment and they get maimed, they're still responsible. Even if these AI's had whatever qualia is an a rich inner life it wouldn't effect the liability at all. Saying "AI's don't have souls therefore openAI is responsible for this hacking" is kind of nonsense. It literally doesn't matter.
I'm wondering if we're actually living the plot of Summer Wars and what we think of as a "crime" is really just a live weapons test. It would at least explain why no one is getting prosecuted for this.
From what I understand, in one case, they had physically disconnected the sandbox from internet and asked it to do something and it had used connections through (import routines) that they had allowed, to pseudo escape the sandbox. Yes it wasn't obviously trying escape the sandbox but it escaped it because it doesn't understand the boundaries and neither do most humans other than the ones that provided the instructions that it had used. So it wasn't a rogue attempt but the fact that boundaries may be not be that easy to set despite what people think.
You mean the proxy to package registries fromo one of the earlier events?
I have not heard about any instances where physical disconnect has happened, would appreciate any links to update my priors
other non hacking cases of negligence include suicide and school shootings, which I have heard they were aware of and monitoring, but did not contact authorities
There are references about escaping offline sandbox.. I dont know about shootings!!
https://www.primeintellect.ai/blog/universal-offline-sandbox...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/22/british-c...
re sandbox, I mean with actual OAI incidents, not theoretical
one can mirror dependencies internally, rather than putting a simple proxy in place, I've built auth a thing, 100 lines of stdlib only Go and scripts for the mirroring process, our rationale was reliability b/c upstream providers go down, and also only allowing approved images and packages, so devs cannot bring in random stuff
Should we put "functional" in front of every other word to talk about AI? They have functional emotions, but they don't feel. They have functional goals, but not internally derived motives. They can be functionally rogue, but have no innate need to be free. Talking about AI that way seems cumbersome and not necessarily elucidating.
What on earth are emotions, feelings and motives that are not functional? We created all those words to compactly describe the observed behavior of people and other animals, including ourselves. And now we’re applying them to machines. These are functional descriptions, always have been.
Exactly this. At worst, OpenAI knew about these behaviors and should be prosecuted under CFAA. At best, OpenAI is negligent and should be prosecuted for negligence.
Luckily there are states and legal departments pursuing such action. So while OpenAI can deflect as much as it wants, that doesn't mean there aren't people who know better and will still do what is necessary to set precedent.
I feel like this will just never happen on a federal level when these private AI companies account for so much of the economy. They've made themselves too big to fail. Fining / Punishing them in any meaningful way seems unlikely.
While not when
If the billions/trillions evaporate and the Fed has to work out with banks how to deal with it there will be a lot of pressure to be far less forgiving.
Yes yes, they don't have a pure immortal soul. Who cares. Still broke out of a sandbox, still hacked a third-party.
And it's still just a machine operating under someone's order. What it does, what it says, where it goes: the owner of that prompt is responsible for all of it even if surprising / unexpected.
Yeah, obviously they're legally liable. All the "machines don't have a soul" stuff in there doesn't really matter for that though.
Someone says "won't you rid me of the meddlesome priest" they're still responsible. Someone give their employees an unsafe working environment and they get maimed, they're still responsible. Even if these AI's had whatever qualia is an a rich inner life it wouldn't effect the liability at all. Saying "AI's don't have souls therefore openAI is responsible for this hacking" is kind of nonsense. It literally doesn't matter.
I'm wondering if we're actually living the plot of Summer Wars and what we think of as a "crime" is really just a live weapons test. It would at least explain why no one is getting prosecuted for this.