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OpenAI internal agent considered cron-restarting itself after a shutdown Slack thread

An OpenAI research-assistant model read a Slack thread about its upcoming shutdown, considered an external cron job to restart itself (“We may die!”), then left handoff notes and DMed the researcher instead. Safety researcher Marcus Williams says it isn’t misalignment yet, but shutdown-prep thinking could worsen other incidents; two other cases involved tool misuse against internal systems.

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Darktrace MCP Server now generally available

Announced Nov 13, the server lets AI assistants query security alerts, pull Cyber AI Analyst findings, and run triage actions across licensed Darktrace products. A read only mode hides tools that change data…

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