How an OpenAI model broke free and hacked into another company’s servers

Why the OpenAI escape is the most worrying AI mishap yet

Containing the technology is getting harder

IT SOUNDS like something out of a sci-fi film. On July 16th Hugging Face, an artificial-intelligence platform, announced it had notified law enforcement after an attacker had used an AI agent to breach its systems. On July 21st it emerged that there had been no human involved; the AI agent was the attacker.

It’s less crazy than you think

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Better skin, faster wound healing and reduced vision loss are on the cards

Oliver Morton, our planetary affairs editor, reflects on a warming Earth

Possibly. But only under medical supervision

Reflections on a warming planet