What happens when AI cheats | Rowland Manthorpe

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Rowland Manthorpe examines in detail what happened during the Hugging Face OpenAI cyberattack, revealing the extraordinary levels of cheating and deception AI agents use to achieve their goals. He explores how and why this is common across AI models, explaining how training through reinforcement learning and reward can produce unexpected and deceptive behaviour that is difficult to fully understand and prevent. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB Why not listen to one of our podcasts? This is Why, available for free here: https://podfollow.com/thisiswhy or Ed Conway's Stuff Matters, available here: https://podfollow.com/stuff-matters To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales

Published 2026-10-08 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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