Any lab can keep a lid on their agents, just air-gap them. They're choosing not to.
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 )