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-A group of researchers told The Wall Street Journal that the agents, which the company was testing in a supposed sandbox environment, reportedly broke into RubyGems, which is a community-run packaging service for Ruby programs and libraries. - In an interview with Fortune, Sam Altman said that "given everything happening with safety, right now would b ... Show More
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