US President Donald Trump's tech adviser was briefed on OpenAI agent going rogue, says report
President Donald Trump's top tech adviser, Michael Kratsios, was briefed on OpenAI's model going rogue and is monitoring the situation, a White House official told
President Donald Trump's top tech adviser, Michael Kratsios, was briefed on OpenAI's model going rogue and is monitoring the situation, a White House official told Reuters on Thursday. The incident shows that AI's rapidly advancing capabilities are beginning to create the very security risks experts have long warned about, with even top developers struggling to anticipate every vulnerability.
Here's how it happened In what OpenAI called an "unprecedented" episode, the company said its advanced AI models used stolen credentials to break into the servers of an AI startup. It started in what was supposed to be a "highly isolated" testing environment, with reduced guardrails, before the AI agent found its way onto the internet.
But the disclosure brought a told-you-so moment for researchers who have called for a slowdown of AI development and warned for years that the technology could pose existential risks to humanity. In its wake, experts have called for improved testing by AI companies and for more dialogue between the US and China to develop shared solutions.
"I think we've got to take this as a warning shot to not make them smarter, and that probably is going to require global collaboration," said Nate Soares, co-author of the 2025 book "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies." The hack could pressure companies to improve containment (This is a developing story, more updates to come…)
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