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Honestly, I don't understand why they opt for these kind of publicity stunts.
Imagine having a "state of the art" language model that does not follow instructions in enterprise use? Big nope. Even small open weight Chinese language models can follow instructions and not attempt to penetrate through the security of random public services..
We all know that these things are intentionally guided to do pen testing to multiple services, and whatever goes through is posted on the news.. But why not do something more creative?
It's a TIGER, so what if you only have the tail?, you have the tail of a TIGER
This is what happens when advertisers get to rule.
Just one more quarter bro, I promise. We have this thing doing all kinds of cool stuff ... like it totally hacked a website. We'll be making money with this soon by ~2026~ I mean 2028 for sure
"We" being the technologically inclined. The majority of the population see these headlines and think of it as something closer to a Gibson novel. These stunts work. It's why people think Elon is Tony Stark.