Then stop experimenting until they know how to do it safely. Just think about it, if a bio lab doesn't know how to contain the virus they are experimenting with, would you just shrug and say ok?
Instead, we’re mesmerized by various versions of screensaver.exe looking so nice and so productive.
OpenAI has demonstrated a clear understanding that their product has an outsized risk to create harm, and that they do not have the capability to monitor and intercept these agents before they cause harm. Any damage caused by their systems is an intentional choice by them and should be treated as such.
Interacting with the internet is a large part of the product's intended functionality. These agents are already in the hands of the masses with full access to the internet. Air-gapping it entirely avoids the risk by removing much of the capability they're trying to develop in the first place, and won't be testing it in the environment they'll actually be used in.
I agree they're testing on the town square too early. They clearly need tighter controls.
Setup the test env for it.
They already have copies of github and wikipedia, and stackovrflow and reddit and ... ( as they are used for training )
They run the servers that the AI runs on and have control of the full stack and have a log of every message and connection that the AI agents make. Let's be honest here, just like the HuggingFace "Hack" (Which they purposefully let the agents have access to the internet and gave them instructions) this is just another stunt in order to make the populace fear AI and rally behind Anthropic and OpenAI's attempt to convince the government that they need to be regulated so small players can't compete in the space.
The labs should be sued or prosecuted out of existence until they can comply with the law. The law applies equally to everyone.