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Can AI agents beat human scientists, and who decides when they’ve gone too far?
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Hi there, AI agents are starting to run experiments, write software and make calls with little human input. The people building them are now asking how far that should go, and who gets to say when it has gone too far. At The Information, we break the stories that matter before they become mainstream. Whether you’re deciding what to build, where to invest or how to compete, timing matters. Subscribe and save 25% on your first year to get this reporting as it happens. Here are five stories on testing AI agents and setting their limits that we’ve reported in recent weeks. How far should agents go Sam Altman gave OpenAI staff three possible endgames for AI. He appears to back one and has a blunt word for another. Altman’s three endgames for AI explains why he is laying them out now. The question is already playing out in a lab. Ginkgo Bioworks set out to pit OpenAI’s agents against a top scientist in what was billed as biology’s Kasparov-versus-Deep Blue moment. Shortly before the first round, the organizers pulled back. Inside the drama behind the contest, our Big Read, explains why. Meanwhile, Anthropic is readying a model that one early user says picks up on what people really want without being told. The example that user gave shows how much initiative it is willing to take. Who checks the work OpenAI is in all-hands mode to get its next flagship model out safely, and not everyone agrees on how. We have the details on how OpenAI is scrambling. And as AI writes more of the world’s software, companies say there is growing demand for a new kind of stress test that works like a flight simulator for software. We look at how it works. The common thread: agents are being handed more to do while the question of who checks them is still open. Before it’s everywhere, it’s in The Information. Subscribe for $299 and save 25% on your first year for reporting on AI, tech and finance. Subscribe now New From The Information Pro AI Inflection Index Flagging emergent terms and investable themes. 77 core AI trends tracked across 10,000 articles, newsletters, and briefings. Gain access to AI Index, 60+ org charts, proprietary databases, exclusive newsletters, subscriber-only events, and more by subscribing to The Information Pro. Sign Up for Our Newsletter Four times/week AI Agenda By The Information Staff Stay ahead of the innovation and disruption happening in AI. Stephanie Palazzolo covers the tech, startups, companies and people making headlines. Sign up Follow us Read anywhere Explore Our Newsletters Subscribe to The Information Sent to you@example.com | Manage your preferences or unsubscribe | Help The Information · 251 Rhode Island Street, Suite 107, San Francisco, CA 94103