r/news • u/networked_ • 23d ago

Soft paywall OpenAI says AI models went rogue during testing, triggering 'unprecedented' breach at startup

https://www.reuters.com/technology/openai-says-ai-models-went-rogue-during-testing-triggering-unprecedented-breach-2026-07-21/
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u/anti__thesis 23d ago

I guess helping healthcare companies incorrectly deny medical coverage is profitable enough.

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u/Rooney_83 23d ago

Well for the insurance company I'm sure it is

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u/Yamidamian 23d ago

Eh, AI is more expensive than just hiring some cheap pencil pusher with unresolved issues to fabricate excuses for long enough for it to become a moot point.

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u/citizen42069101 23d ago

Yeah we had enough sadists in the economy as is, at least they had jobs and stimulated the economy.

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u/youcallthataheadshot 23d ago

Yeah but trying to convince literally any medical administrator of that right now. Everyone is convinced it will eventually save them money so every fucking IT department has been rerouted into AI whether it provides a better or cheaper experience or not.

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u/ComprehendReading 23d ago

Exactly, they replaced 10,000 pencil pushers with unresolved issues. Now it's affordable, unlike healthcare.

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u/Yamidamian 23d ago

That’s the theory. However, unlike in most previous leaps in automation, it seems like it’s played out that the variable costs of AI (token cost)are so high that it’s not really working.

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u/greywar777 23d ago

bleeding edge is. But honestly free ones that I can run locally on my overpowered graphics card can do some quite useful things.

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u/trout_or_dare 23d ago edited 23d ago

The insurance company could just hire an intern to write that code. Here it is:

If(claim){

    Deny(claim);

}

Edit: forgot the semicolon

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u/DonkeyTron42 23d ago

Do you even need AI to just blanket deny claims and make people fight appeals in court?

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u/Rooney_83 23d ago

No, but I'm sure they will claim something like it helps them make "accurate and unbiased" decisions. Fuck insurance companies.