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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Technology
Andrew Griffin

Scientists find signal that suggests AI is about to go rogue

This photograph shows a robotic dog with the head of US artist Andy Warhol, part of the installation "Regular Animals" by US digital artist Mike Winkelmann, known as Beeple, displayed during the Wave by Vento 2026, at OGR Officine Grandi Riparazioni, in Turin, northern Italy - (AFP/Getty)

Scientists have found a simple maths formula that can indicate when an AI system is about to go rogue.

The discovery allows researchers to see a signal that indicates when a system is about to stop giving appropriate responses and switch to dangerous ones. It could help the makers of AI systems to stop them from giving answers that encourage self-harm, financial loss or extremist ideas, according to the two physicists who found it.

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