Research papers, investigations, explainers, videos, laws and the organizations doing the work, from people who are alarmed and people who are skeptical. New additions are checked by two people before they are listed. The launch collection was compiled with the help of AI research assistants, and every link was opened and checked on 22 September 2026.
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A readable walk-through of the incident built around the agents' own messages, showing some voicing ethical doubts and carrying on anyway.
Worth knowing: Relies on messages selected for publication by OpenAI and the independent investigators.
Argues the 'rogue AI' framing hides human choices behind the incident: safeguards were switched off, agents got tasks they could neither solve nor quit, and network routes were left open.
Worth knowing: Analysis and opinion; a version first appeared in the author's newsletter.
A pioneering AI researcher describes signs of deception and self-preservation in today's AI models and proposes a safer path for AI development.
A crowd-sourced spreadsheet of real cases where AI systems found loopholes in the goals they were given, each with the intended goal, what the system did instead, and a source.
Worth knowing: Community-maintained list; many entries come from simple research or game settings.