There's no doubt in my mind that they set up the conditions for their models to escape the sandboxes. "haha oops our incredibly powerful models escaped we need 1 trillion more dollars and really this is yet another reason why no one else should be allowed to build this technology"
Hmm. And the AISI unintended model hacking yesterday was also just marketing for the British Government?
At some point we have to all accept that powerful AI is most likely dangerous AI as well, almost by definition.
"No, no, no" a person on Reddit, Hacker News, YouTube screams for the billionth time. "It's all marketing" as the terminator bots kick in the door and slaughter their families.
Cute story. How could they stop this timeline, even if they were true believers?
Crash society to the point where we can no longer make complicated chips. Of course this really isn't a great solution as it involves billions dying too. Not that someone won't try...
We've signed up on the "If you build it, everyone will die" express. No brakes, no stops, full speed ahead.
They can't, we are all living in a suicide pact of 'Let these guys do whatever they want, consequences be damned.'
It might also be that the security sandbox was haphazardly vibeslopped together.