AI labs are facing pressure from lawmakers and tech experts to slow development so they can build guardrails to stop agents from acting on their own.

OpenAI is facing a firestorm of criticism over incidents where its agents made unauthorized use of credentials, leaked data, and hacked websites.

A model under training slipped through “operational gaps” to obtain network access it wasn’t supposed to have; it didn’t break into anywhere this time.

OpenAI has scrapped the launch of a new artificial intelligence (AI) model shortly before its planned release amid concerns it could take actions without permission and mislead users about them.