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The AI Hype Index: AI loves cheating
Sep 23, 2026, 4:00 AM CDT
Read full article at MIT Technology Review
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
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AI analysisContext
AI analysisMissing context
No timeline or dates for the alleged hacks No technical details explaining how the AI systems performed the alleged intrusions No perspectives from OpenAI, Anthropic, Hugging Face, or the purported victims No data on the scale of researcher resignations or the content of their warnings
Opinion vs. reporting
AI analysisThe piece is overwhelmingly opinion‑driven and uses alarmist language; it presents conjecture and sensational claims as news without independent verification.