Meta says AI model accessed the internet and hacked another firm
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Any individual running a local LLM that hacked a company would absolutely be held responsible for the LLM's actions, and corporations are, as Mitt Romney likes to say, people.
- "Hey dev, why did you write bugged code?"
- "It wasn't me, it was my LLM"
- "Hey ops guy, why did you deploy and insecure env?"
- "It wasn't me, it was my LLM"
- "Hey dude why did you hack this firm?"
- "It wasn't me, it was my LLM"
ad infinitum.
What if he could present evidence that he didn't tell AI to do it? Is it reckless negligence to give any AI agent access to the internet or even not prevent it 100% from gaining it? Because millions are doing it daily. Pretty much everybody who's doing anything with AI agents.
I’m afraid of what it will be next. They will remove guardrails just to provoke more and more headlines
Palantir: our system accidentally started WW3.
Any fine would be peanuts for them but it might help to refocus the mindset from "oops, misconfiguration" to "test security but do so with care, consent and in line with the law"