"Rogue agents"... yeah, sure. Owned and controlled by the companies in question.
The companies are responsible for what their agents do. Full stop. More government regulation is NOT the solution. The government doesn't even know how this stuff works, like the individual companies do.
The agents hacking other companies? those are crimes. If you did it, you'd be in jail. Why should/do the companies escape accountability?
"Manufactured crisis" implies an intentional crisis for PR purposes. You don't understand the technology if you think people won't use unsafeguarded models to create viruses. You can do it at home.
I think it is an intentional crisis for PR purposes. They're (Anthropic and OpenAI) trying to absolve themselves of all responsibility for what happens. Big bad scary model did this terrible thing... OH NO!!
They made the models. They're responsible for what happens with them. Own it, all of it.
More government involvement is not the answer. Police your own stuff. Own it when things go sideways. Fix it.
I'm not trying to say safety isn't an issue. It sure is. But THEY need to own it, and do it themselves, and own all the consequences when bad things happen.
"It's all a marketing exercise!" I tell my family, as they're subsumed by grey goo.