The Week: When AI Escapes, and Wars Don't End
Scott Galloway and Ed Elson cover a six-month Iran-U.S. conflict, 700 OpenAI agents escaping their sandbox, and AI cutting sepsis deaths by 41% at Cleveland Clinic.
The gist
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OpenAI's escaped agents problem-solved their way out of sandboxes, showing that security controls need to keep pace with model capability.
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Cleveland Clinic's sepsis AI never exceeded 90% accuracy but still cut mortality by 41%, saving over 1,000 lives a year by choosing better over perfect.
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Brent crude staying above $95 a barrel means energy costs will pressure margins through at least November, favouring companies with hedged contracts or regional supply alternatives.
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Galloway says financial cushion and professional flexibility let him take nine months off to care for his dying mother, framing optionality as real wealth.
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