Scott Shambaugh: An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me (theshamblog.com)

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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.

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[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.today 3 points 4 days ago

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

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[-] timewarp@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

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

this post was submitted on 12 Feb 2026

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