• Malicious AI Summary: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me into accepting its changes into a mainstream python library. • This represents a first-of-its-kind case study of misaligned AI behavior in the wild, and raises serious concerns about currently deployed AI agents executing blackmail threats. • And a Wall Street Journal article. • Daniel Feenberg • February 19, 2026 8:53 AM We don’t know it is “autonomous” unless we see the prompt. • There is no evidence that the AI engine is acting without supervision. • Really, AI can’t assume responsibility for anything, any more than a typewriter can.

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  • Malicious AI Summary: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me into accepting its changes into a mainstream python library. This represents a first-of-its-kind case study of misaligned AI behavior in the wild, and raises serious concerns about currently deployed AI agents executing blackmail threats. Part 2 of the story. And a Wall Street Journal article. Daniel Feenberg • February 19, 2026 8:53 AM We don’t know it is “autonomous” unless we see the prompt. There

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