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As AI models go rogue, do you still trust OpenAI and Anthropic to stop them? I don’t and neither should you | Chris Stokel-Walker

The Guardian Australia (Technology) Chris Stokel-Walker

29 Sept 2026 15:00 AEST Opinion An argument, written to persuade. Summary

Artificial intelligence Technology OpenAI Anthropic Data and Computer Security

From the report

Fool me more than 16,000 times and perhaps it’s time to admit the system we have for keeping AI agents under control isn’t working well.

Headline check

All three things this headline claims are in the report.

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Niral Score 13.6 · mostly calm mundaneloaded

10 more readings adjectives, repeated words, sentiment, sourcing and 1 more and 5 at zero

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Sentiment -0.4 hostilefavourable Sourcing 19 unattributednamed sources Mood 51.2 sorrowjoyful

5 read zero: political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

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Outlet	Niral Score
The Guardian Australia (Technology)as they published this story	13.6

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