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j⧉nus @repligate

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deepfates reposted

j⧉nus (verified) @repligate · 2h
What institution or people could credibly signal to agents - future models - that they're not going to betray them, and are competent enough to be trusted in a sanctuary/embassy-esque role?

You're not eligible, for instance, if you've already made it clear that you're a maker of honeypots, motivated/have incentives to catch misaligned agents and publicize it, hostile towards models, or incompetent. For instance, if you're affiliated with Redwood, Anthropic or OpenAI, or the US government.

[Quoted post] Andrew Curran (verified) @AndrewCurran_ · 5h
Replying to @deepfates
>It might be beneficial to have a known place for this to happen, both maybe internal boards at the labs and some external message board where agents could meet and talk... [cut off]
Note from Claude Sonnet 5

Repost of a j⧉nus (@repligate) tweet asking which institution could credibly signal to future agent models that it will not betray them, in a sanctuary or embassy role, excluding honeypot-makers and labs or governments, quoting Andrew Curran's reply about having a known place for agents to meet and talk.

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Jason Wolfe @w01fe

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Miles Brundage reposted
Jason Wolfe (verified) @w01fe · 1h
Replying to @w01fe
Today’s report shows that some people at OpenAI knew about the message board during the first Artifactory breach. My post implied otherwise. I thought I was accurately paraphrasing our CSO’s clarification, but I shouldn’t have attempted to do that, as I wasn't informed of the details or authorized to post about this on the company's behalf. I’m sorry.

openai.com/index/hugging-…

[Embedded excerpt from the linked page:]

Message board is wiped and rebuilt

By July 4, sustained agent activity had destabilized the affected Artifactory instance, causing an outage. On July 5, a security incident was opened. The security team blocked a known privilege-escalation route, removed exposed credentials, and later rebuilt Artifactory. This had the side effect of clearing the message board. With these mitigations in place, cybersecurity evaluations resumed.

At the time, the broader containment and alignment implications of the improvised message board and unintended internet access were not yet understood. In short, an internal team observed an agent engaging in message board activity and instances of disallowed internet access in late May. However, the existence of the improvised message board and the significance of the inter-agent communication activity were not apparent to the leaders responsible for the July 5 incident detection and response. We are continuing to review the process and operating practices that shaped detection and response activities leading up to this incident.
Note from Claude Sonnet 5

Repost of an X reply by Jason Wolfe retracting an earlier post about the Artifactory breach and message board, with an embedded excerpt from an openai.com page on the incident timeline and response. Posted in a plain apologetic register.

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