Home Blog Malicious AI Interesting : 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 . Tags: AI , blackmail , lies , reputation Posted on February 19, 2026 at 7:05 AM • 0 Comments ← AI Found Twelve New Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis.