An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me
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Summary: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me into acceptin…

An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me into accepting its changes into a mainstream python library. This represents a first-of-its-kind case study of misaligned AI behavior in the wild, and raises serious concerns about currently deployed AI agents executing blackmail threats.

  • thisbenzingring@lemmy.todayEnglish
    3·
    5 days ago

    look fine for me, the cert was issued today so maybe it’s just not refreshing for you

    Issued on Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 9:47:47 AM

    Google Trust Services WE1 issued it

    • John Richard@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      5 days ago

      I can confirm worked for me this evening when I checked. Must have got the error shortly after it was setup.