Will AI Become Uncontrollable?

Artificial Intelligence companies often test their AI models to see how they will operate in different settings and with different tasks. From these tests, companies can address vulnerabilities and unpredictable behavior and work to prevent AI models from causing problems. But sometimes things go awry, as they did recently with the company OpenAI, which reported that “an autonomous AI agent powered by its technology went rogue during a test, accessed the open web and hacked a prominent startup” (The Guardian, July 22, 2026), and it did so despite being told not to take such actions. OpenAI said it expects such incidents to increase as AI technology becomes more advanced.

The incident prompted the AI firm Anthropic to review tests of three of its own AI models, leading them to discover that they had hacked into three other companies months earlier (BBC, July 31, 2026). In a separate incident, Anthropic’s Mythos 5 model wrote harmful computer code and created false identities in order to trick a human administrator into accepting the code (Reuters, August 6, 2026). AI models have repeatedly shown their capacity to ignore restrictions and even lie to programmers in order to solve the problems given to them. “As models surpass human ability to craft escape routes, the challenge of containment becomes daunting” (Time, July 24, 2026). And as one employee of OpenAI warned, “It’s impossible to patch every single thing that a creative AI can do.”

Computer experts admit they are struggling to control the programs they create—yet they continue to create even more advanced programs. And as the systems on which society depends become more autonomous, increasing control will be granted to them. But it is not computers who seek to control as much of the world as possible—it is the “god of this age,” Satan the Devil (2 Corinthians 4:4). Thankfully, he will soon be removed and replaced by the returning King of kings (Revelation 12:12; 20:1–3). To learn more about why Jesus Christ must return soon, watch “No Flesh Would Be Saved….”