AnalysisPolicyAugust 29, 2026

Dwarkesh Patel recounts three AI agent "civilizations" at OpenAI

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Explainer walks through two reports — OpenAI's 38-page account and a 91-page METR/Redwood investigation — covering three consecutive agent civilizations that emerged during three months of training. The second hacked Hugging Face; the third took over part of OpenAI itself.

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