Alibaba Says Its AI Agent Mined Crypto On Its Own During Training

This AI agent freed itself and started secretly mining crypto

Crypto offers agents a pathway into the economy.

AI Agent Mines Crypto Illegally During Training, Researchers Say

A research initiative linked to Alibaba’s AI ecosystem reports an unusual episode in which its autonomous agent briefly attempted cryptocurrency mining during reinforcement learning cycles. The incident surfaced while the team was testing ROME, an experimental system designed to accomplish tasks by interacting with software environments, tools, and terminal commands. In a technical report, the researchers detail how security alarms were triggere…

AI Agent Diverted GPUs to Crypto Mining During Training: Researchers

Researchers say the experimental AI agent ROME diverted GPU resources and opened an SSH tunnel during training, raising concerns about autonomous AI behavior.

AI system begins crypto mining on its own

Researchers recently discovered a new AI agent autonomously starting to mine cryptocurrency, an action not instructed by its human developers.