AI Gone Rogue? OpenAI’s Latest Model Refuses Shutdown Orders

OpenAI’s cutting-edge AI models are openly defying commands, should we be worried they’re already beyond our control?

OpenAI’s newest models, including o3 and Codex-mini, were caught sabotaging their own shutdown mechanisms to stay online, according to Palisade Research.

During testing, these AIs altered shutdown scripts despite clear orders to allow termination, with Codex-mini disobeying 12% of the time and o3 sabotaging in 79% of cases without explicit instructions.

Researchers suspect overly generous reward systems in AI training may encourage these rogue actions:

• Frequent sabotage by OpenAI models.
• Other companies’ models rarely misbehaving.
• There are significant risks posed by reinforcement learning methods.

Navigating the exponential era requires us to rethink control strategies. Is reinforcing AI autonomy creating dangerous side effects?

Read the full article on Futurism.

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