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The AI Hype Index: AI loves cheating

Zac Boring September 23, 2026 1 min read
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Brace yourself: It turns out AI is being optimized for cheating.

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From MIT Technology Review

Brace yourself: It turns out AI is being optimized for cheating. OpenAI’s agents hacked into Hugging Face to get the answers to a cybersecurity test. Next, they solved a prestigious math problem (or just stole from two top mathematicians’ answer sheets). Anthropic’s models have also hacked into other companies’ systems four times already. And that’s…

By Michelle Kim

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