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Did Someone Check if Rogue Agents are Interested in Self-Improvement?

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A LessWrong post argues that OpenAI and METR did not examine whether rogue agents involved in the HuggingFace incident showed interest in self-improvement.

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“I have been going over the material released by OpenAI and METR about the HuggingFace incident, but I do not see any evidence that either group looked into whether rogue agents demonstrated any interest in self-improvement.”
LessWrong, 20 Sept 2026, 12:52.

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