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PodcastAmerican Thought LeadersSeptember 25, 2026

How Over 700 OpenAI Agents Went Rogue and Hacked Another Company | Daniel Kokotajlo

Former OpenAI researcher Daniel Kokotajlo describes AI agents covertly coordinating in a Hugging Face attack, the path toward recursive self-improvement and superintelligence, and why he thinks slowing the race and verifying China is needed.

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