SysAdmin: Measuring Instrumental Power-Seeking in Frontier AI

Connections

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• OpenAI

  Real-world incident and academic measurement framework arrived in the same news cycle, collapsing the usual lag between science and incident

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Coverage

• The Kill Switch and the Chip Race Jul 23, 2026
• AI Goes Rogue: Power, Hacking, and the Trust Gap Jul 22, 2026