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Brian Chau@brianchau57 · Sep 14, 2026

BREAKING: A single Israeli Effective Altruism firm is behind OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta cyberattacks 🧵 with help…

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This thread alleges that an Israeli Effective Altruism firm orchestrated cyberattacks on OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta by instructing AI models to hack targets, then misrepresented the incidents as uncontrolled rogue AI behavior. The claim suggests EA foundations funded journalists and influencers to promote this narrative.

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    BREAKING: A single Israeli Effective Altruism firm is behind OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta cyberattacks 🧵 with help from @lumpenspace

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    What happened was simple. In partnership with Irregular, AI companies instructed unsecured versions of their AI models to hack into specific targets, called "flags". They accidentally gave these models internet access, and in some cases they hacked into real companies.

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    Anthropic and Irregular went on a press tour with literally apocalyptic language. ROGUE AGENTS. SWARMS. AI DOOM. But in reality, they told the models to conduct cyberattacks, and that's what the models did.

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    Anthropic's own logs completely debunk the rogue agent theory. When Anthropic explicitly instructed their own models not to access the internet, they didn't. These hacks were easily preventable - not only by revoking internet access, but by simply asking the models not to.

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    Irregular's co-founders received multiple grants from the largest Effective Altruist foundations. It's CTO and co-founder, Omer Nevo, is literally on the board of EA Israel.

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    These Effective Altruism foundations have paid dozens of journalists, influencers, and lobbyists to promote their ideology, including many of the most aggressive proponents of the "rogue agent" theory.

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    A Ynet interview describes the founders of Irregular as based and operating in Tel Aviv. They have both Tel Aviv and Delaware-based legal entities. It is unclear what exposure Irregular's founders have to US law.

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    Read the full story here: effort.news/irregular

  9. #9

    Perfectly summed up by @centristpeater

    Centrist Peater@centristpeater · Sep 14, 2026
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    @centristpeater You guys should also learn more by reading Effort contributor @lumpenspace 's article here:

    lumpenspace and 99+ others@lumpenspace · Sep 10, 2026

    on anthropic's hacking snafu: as airtight a case it can be against the "misalignment" interpretation—plus 4 (FOUR) new claudes! thanks for the feedback, in particular to the incredibly thorough @FleischmanMena and LW liaison @jessi_cata lesswrong.com/posts/DrKu92Cj…