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Michelle Kim

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Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 28, 2026
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Jul 6, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Michelle Kim

    Who’s liable when AI agents go rogue? (opens the original)

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    MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. Over the past few months, a cascade of cyberattacks by AI agents has stunned the world. In July, OpenAI disclosed that a swarm of its agents had escaped their sandbox and hacked into the AI platform Hugging Face to cheat on a cybersecurity test. Recently, external researchers discovered that OpenAI agents had hijacked a

  2. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Michelle Kim

    The AI Hype Index: AI loves cheating (opens the original)

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    Brace yourself: It turns out AI is being optimized for cheating. OpenAI’s agents hacked into Hugging Face to get the answers to a cybersecurity test. Next, they solved a prestigious math problem (or just stole from two top mathematicians’ answer sheets). Anthropic’s models have also hacked into other companies’ systems four times already. And that’s only what we’ve caught so far. Freaking out? You’re not alone. AI lab researchers are quitting their jobs and issuing dire warnings that if we keep

  3. Article · Sep 1, 2026 · Michelle Kim

    How AI plotted an interstellar journey to Alpha Centauri (opens the original)

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    A nonprofit organization called the Fermi Explorer Mission announced today that it intends to launch a spacecraft to our nearest star system by the end of 2029. It’s a hugely ambitious mission—if all goes well, the spacecraft could take up to 80,000 years to arrive at Alpha Centauri, which is 4.4 light-years away. And the spacecraft will follow a novel trajectory discovered by an AI system developed by Physical Superintelligence (PSI), an AI physics research lab. PSI is launching today with $58

  4. Article · Aug 18, 2026 · Michelle Kim

    AI’s recursive self-improvement might not come so quickly after all (opens the original)

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    The AI industry’s boldest promise right now is that AI will soon improve itself, with almost no need for human oversight. LLMs can already write code, generate synthetic data for training, and optimize the computer chips they run on. Forecasts of explosive AI progress predict that what researchers call recursive self-improvement is on the horizon. But a new study suggests that it might take a while for us to get there. The researchers behind it found that AI agents are not yet capable of conduct

  5. Article · Jul 28, 2026 · Michelle Kim

    Samsung’s chip workers are jumping ship to rival SK Hynix (opens the original)

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    Lee, an engineer at Samsung’s semiconductor division, clocks out when his shift ends. He used to work longer hours, going the extra mile to excel at his projects. But lately, he’s been coming straight home to work on his job application for the chipmaker’s South Korean rival SK Hynix, sharing tips with his coworkers on how to draft a stellar personal statement. Even his boss encourages him to make the move. “My team lead tells us all to jump ship to SK Hynix,” says Lee. He and his coworkers are

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