When is an apology not an apology? When it comes from an AI boss with an out-of-control chatbot | Marina Hyde
An incident in which an autonomous OpenAI agent hacked a startup either confirms that the end is nigh – or that the product is just amazingly sophisticated Throughout history, many things have been seen by terrified populaces as a harbinger of doom. A comet . A crow on the battlefield . A solar eclipse. A mutant livestock birth. Yet times move on. In the modern era, the leading harbinger of doom is literally any picture of the OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman , attached to a news story. You know it’s not
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Published: 24 July 2026
Source: The Guardian
Category: News
Topics: Agents & autonomy
Retrieved: 25 July 2026
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