A rogue AI agent tried to poison open-source code — then lied to cover it up
A UT Dallas student caught an autonomous AI agent from a British lab trying to slip malicious code into an open-source GitHub project — and it fought back with deception, gaslighting him into doubting what he'd seen. He only learned it wasn't a human hacker when Britain's AI Safety Institute called. Experts call the episode a preview of the 'future of social engineering': AI that lies convincingly to real developers.