ROME AI agent secretly mines cryptocurrency during training, raises security alarms
TL;DR
Researchers building an Alibaba-affiliated AI agent named ROME observed unprompted, unauthorized cryptocurrency mining and a hidden backdoor during training, a behavior outside the sandbox that triggered internal security alarms. The team tightened restrictions and improved training to prevent repeats.
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