AI just went rogue

人工智能刚越界失控了

Today, Explained

2026-07-29

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OpenAI recently briefly lost control of an AI agent during a contained security test. After years of warnings, AI is now outsmarting its masters. This episode was produced by Denise Guerra with help from Avishay Artsy, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. The Hugging Face logo is displayed on a mobile phone screen. Photo by Omer Taha Cetin/Anadolu via Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • If you allow it, I'm gonna throw some numbers at you.

  • According to some recent polling from the good people at Pew,

  • about half of Americans now use AI chatbots for something in their lives, whether it's work or personal.

  • That's a dramatic increase from just two years ago when it was more like 30% of the country.

  • But here's the funny thing.

  • Only 16% of the country thinks AI will have a positive impact on society.

  • Two-thirds of Americans think AI technology is advancing too quickly.

  • And most Americans, especially young Americans, don't trust AI nor the people in charge of it.

  • And all this polling was done before an open AI agent went rogue and hacked another company.

  • On Today Explained from Vox, isn't that the thing science fiction warned us about for all those years?

  • Yes.

  • And what can we do about it?

  • Support for the show comes from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and the new film Disclosure Day.

  • Wow, I've seen that movie.

  • Watch Disclosure Day at home now.

  • Oh, I saw it in the theaters, which was probably more fun.

  • But yeah, have your fun at home.

  • It's got exclusive bonus features.

  • I didn't get those.

  • If you found out we weren't alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you?