How AI Agents Hack — A Realist Explanation

An Anthropic researcher says there’s a 10% chance AI will kill all humans.
Go extinct understanding exactly what’s happening.

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There’s a 90% chance you’ll get to use what you learn. Pretty good odds.
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Free for paid AI Realist subscribers with an active subscription on 22 September. Register through the link above to receive your confirmation and calendar invitation.

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Join Maria Sukhareva, founder of AI Realist, for an explanation of how AI agents hack, why this behaviour occurs, and what the risks mean for your company.

WE’LL EXPLORE
• How agent hacking works and why it happens.
• How dangerous it is, and what the evidence actually shows.
• How realistic it is that agents your company uses could behave this way—or that your company could become a target.
• What happened with OpenAI and Hugging
Face, and what it means for your own AI stack.

We’ll examine AI agents as tools, working through the mechanisms and evidence without attributing human motives to them.

FORMAT
Tuesday, 22 September 2026, 19:00–20:00 Berlin time (CEST). Live online: 45 minutes of explanation + 15 minutes of Q&A. A recording is included if you cannot attend.

THE PRACTICAL NEXT STEP
This lecture provides the groundwork for Optimise Your AI Stack on 24 September, 17:00–20:00 Berlin time. That three-hour workshop includes a new cybersecurity module focused on configuring your stack to minimise risks.

Book before 22 September at 19:00 Berlin time to join both sessions live. Paid AI Realist subscribers receive 20% off the workshop;

find the discount code in the workshop post or your workspace.
Full official details: https://airealist.org/events/how-ai-agents-hack/