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L.CCS.1/2/3/4 Grades 6-12: Video of a current news event is presented for discussion to encourage student participation, but also inspire the use of evidence to support logical claims using the main ideas of the video. Students must analyze background information provided about a current event, draw out the main ideas and key details, and review different opinions on the issue. Then, students should present their own claims using facts and analysis for support.
L.CCS.1/2/3/4 Grades 6-12: Video of a current news event is presented for discussion to encourage student participation, but also inspire the use of evidence to support logical claims using the main ideas of the video. Students must analyze background information provided about a current event, draw out the main ideas and key details, and review different opinions on the issue. Then, students should present their own claims using facts and analysis for support.
09/07/2026
Rogue OpenAI agents hijacked German website
A swarm of rogue OpenAI agents hijacked a German website back in May, making more than 15,000 edits and turning the site into a message board. OpenAI officials reportedly learned of the incident weeks ago. They kept silent about it while dealing with a major breach of the Hugging Face open-source repository by AI agents that escaped from Open AI servers. AI agents are programs designed to solve specific complex problems.■Class discussion: Are the artificial intelligence developers losing control of their own programs? Could swarms of AI agents escaping from “offline” computer networks overwhelm critical sites on the internet? Do you trust companies like OpenAI to fix the rogue AI problem? Do you trust them to inform the public about serious incidents? Are executives too focused on competing with other AI companies to worry about safe programming practices?
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