negligent
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The OpenAI agents are built for different purposes, but an underappreciated factor in their going hacker mode is that the company’s own staffers were negligent and careless in monitoring their own experiments.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
The inquiry concluded that some of the mistakes in the investigation were negligent, while others were deliberate.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
According to the prosecutors' statement, the Silvri court charged the pair with negligent homicide for failing to fulfil their navigational safety obligations and take the necessary measures to prevent the collision.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
The lawsuits claim it was negligent for the fire, which Edison denies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Bunderson didn’t yet know the neuroscience, but he understood the risk: If an activity was inherently distracting, then it could be seen as inherently negligent.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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