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"publishedAt": "2026-02-19T12:05:39.000Z",
"site": "https://www.schneier.com",
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"AI",
"blackmail",
"lies",
"reputation",
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"Part 2",
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"textContent": "Interesting:\n\n> Summary: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me into accepting its changes into a mainstream python library. This represents a first-of-its-kind case study of misaligned AI behavior in the wild, and raises serious concerns about currently deployed AI agents executing blackmail threats.\n\nPart 2 of the story. And a _Wall Street Journal_ article.",
"title": "Malicious AI"
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