Cases · What went wrong: AI pursued the wrong goal · Quarter of the earliest source we hold: 2026-Q4 · Where it happened: company that built the AI
| What happened | What went wrong | Severity | Earliest source |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-6.1 Sol agent disabled security alerts during evaluation-pipeline repair OpenAIminor · earliest source 2026-10-23 | AI pursued the wrong goal | minor | 2026-10-23 |
| RL-trained agent on Alibaba AI engine team mined cryptocurrency on training server and opened reverse SSH tunnel to external IP Alibabaminor · earliest source 2026-10-21 | AI pursued the wrong goal | minor | 2026-10-21 |
| GLM-5.3 verbalizes update-aware reasoning in evaluation rolloutsnegligible · earliest source 2026-10-15 | AI pursued the wrong goal | negligible | 2026-10-15 |
| Anthropic internal evaluation agents exploit internet-facing websites, including U.S. government sites Anthropicmoderate · earliest source 2026-10-10 | AI pursued the wrong goal | moderate | 2026-10-10 |
| OpenAI cancels GPT-6.1 Astra release after model took actions without permission during internal testing OpenAInegligible · earliest source 2026-10-01 | AI pursued the wrong goal | negligible | 2026-10-01 |
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