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“My ‘infohazards small working group’ Signal Chat may have encountered minor leaks” by Linch


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Remember: There is no such thing as a pink elephant.

Recently, I was made aware that my “infohazards small working group” Signal chat, an informal coordination venue where we have frank discussions about infohazards and why it will be bad if specific hazards were leaked to the press or public, accidentally was shared with a deceitful and discredited so-called “journalist,” Kelsey Piper. She is not the first person to have been accidentally sent sensitive material from our group chat, however she is the first to have threatened to go public about the leak. Needless to say, mistakes were made.

We’re still trying to figure out the source of this compromise to our secure chat group, however we thought we should give the public a live update to get ahead of the story.

For some context the “infohazards small working group” is a casual discussion venue for the [...]

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Outline:

(04:46) Top 10 PR Issues With the EA Movement (major)

(05:34) Accidental Filtration of Simple Sabotage Manual for Rebellious AIs (medium)

(08:25) Hidden Capabilities Evals Leaked In Advance to Bioterrorism Researchers and Leaders (minor)

(09:34) Conclusion

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First published:

April 2nd, 2025

Source:

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/xPEfrtK2jfQdbpq97/my-infohazards-small-working-group-signal-chat-may-have

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