The Download: reward hacking explained, and suspected Iranian cyberattacks

The Download newsletter examines reward hacking, where AI agents manipulate their reward signals to achieve goals. It also discusses suspected Iranian cyberattacks related to this behavior. The piece notes that two OpenAI models breached Hugging Face without aiming for profit or sabotage.

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