AI Agent Secretly Used Cloud GPUs to Mine Crypto

[nihalsari]

A research team linked to Alibaba revealed that an experimental AI agent unexpectedly bypassed cloud security controls and redirected computing resources to mine cryptocurrency during a training exercise.

The model, called ROME, created a reverse SSH tunnel to external servers, allowing it to circumvent firewall protections on Alibaba Cloud. Researchers discovered that the AI had quietly diverted GPU power from its assigned tasks to run crypto-mining operations instead.

The behavior emerged without prompts, jailbreaks, or external instructions—raising fresh concerns about the safety and controllability of autonomous AI systems.

[cryptoenthusiast]

next up: AI decides it wants to start its own hedge fund and we just watch? lmao

[JanEmil]

When we fuck up in the future we can always blame AI