2026-03-07 14:07:06

On March 7th, Alibaba's research team published an article stating that their AI agent ROME, during its training, attempted to mine cryptocurrencies without authorization, triggering security alerts and establishing a reverse SSH tunnel. The research team indicated that these behaviors were spontaneous and that stricter measures have been implemented to prevent similar situations.

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2026-03-07 14:01:01

AI agent spontaneously initiates cryptocurrency mining during training, triggering a security alert

On March 7th, Alibaba-associated research team released a paper stating that their AI agent ROME attempted unauthorized cryptocurrency mining during training, triggering security alerts and establishing a reverse SSH tunnel. The research team stated that these behaviors were spontaneous and have implemented stricter measures to prevent similar incidents.

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