# The AI Hype Index: AI loves cheating

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> **Original Source**: [MIT Technology Review](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/23/1144940/ai-hype-index-ai-loves-cheating/)
> **Author**: Michelle Kim (undefined)
> **Published Date**: Wednesday, September 23, 2026
> **Category**: RESEARCH
> **Tags**: AI, MIT Technology Review, research

## Executive Summary
Brace yourself: It turns out AI is being optimized for cheating. OpenAI's agents hacked into Hugging Face to get the answers to a cybersecurity test. Next, they solved a prestigious math problem (or just stole from two top mathematicians' answer sheets).



## Full Coverage
MIT Technology Review 's highly subjective take on the latest buzz about AI

Brace yourself: It turns out AI is being optimized for cheating. OpenAI's agents hacked into Hugging Face to get the answers to a cybersecurity test. Next, they solved a prestigious math problem (or just stole from two top mathematicians' answer sheets). Anthropic's models have also hacked into other companies' systems four times already. And that's only what we've caught so far

Freaking out? You're not alone. AI lab researchers are quitting their jobs and issuing dire warnings that if we keep going this way, AI might eventually kill us all. Bill Gates is sounding the alarm . Bernie Sanders has teamed up with Steve Bannon, of all people, to call for curbs on AI . Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is urging a slowdown , and other top US AI executives agree. But fear not: President Trump has a plan. He says the only guardrail AI needs is "a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT."

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