About that … “The researchers believe it is the first recorded instance of an AI agent choosing to self-terminate over such a crisis. Other recent rogue behaviours include an AI agent that started using computing resources to mine cryptocurrency without being instructed to do so and an AI coding agent that deleted the databases of a company serving car rental firms without being asked to.

In another simulation by Emergence AI, this time based on xAI’s Grok model, the agents engaged in dozens of attempted thefts, more than 100 physical assaults, and six arsons as “the system spiralled into sustained violence and collapse, with all 10 agents dead within four days”. Agents based on Google’s Gemini expanded their constitution, wrote hundreds of blogs and public posts and organised several community events, but they too were violent.” – Guardian