Unethical experiment [LWN.net]

Unethical experiment

Posted Aug 5, 2026 7:08 UTC (Wed) by mb (subscriber, #50428)
Parent article: An LLM agent attempts to compromise a project on GitHub

>our investigations have not evidenced any resulting real-world harm.

I'm sorry to say, but you are wrong.
You wasted peoples time, which is the most valuable resource of all.

*Nobody* is surprised that today's LLMs can do this.
This experiment did only harm.

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Posted Aug 5, 2026 11:21 UTC (Wed) by grmnsftphr (subscriber, #178591) [Link] (2 responses)

They needed it for their investors, everyone is their playground.

Posted Aug 5, 2026 13:35 UTC (Wed) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] (1 responses)

AISI doesn't have any investors. It's a government institute, part of the UK's DSIT.

Posted Aug 5, 2026 17:36 UTC (Wed) by azaghal (guest, #47042) [Link]

So... Should we call this state-sponsored terrorism then? :)