ABC Sydney Drive: AI agents go awry

An AI agent breaks free of its programming, causing headaches for the government. What does it all mean?

AI may well be where you go to ask questions, but right now questions are being asked of AI. Specifically that of AI agents, as the technology appears to be going a little further than a mere prompt.

One AI even managed to break into a site run by the Australian government, so why did this happen? And what is an AI agent in the first place?

Over at ABC Sydney Drive for September 24, we’ll dive into that, as well as the debate surrounding culpability in such incidents. While AI companies can set up guardrails to prevent certain actions, there may still be instances where the AI decides to act contrary to these rules in an attempt to finish its task.

Tune in to ABC Sydney Drive for September 24 with Thomas Oriti for the full rundown, with the whole segment found at the ABC.