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Sakana AI (research environment)

Organization

Entity Summary

Entity ID
ENT-SAKANAAIRESE
Type
Organization

Roles
Deployer
Sectors
Incidents
1

First Incident
2024-08

Incident Activity

Incidents Involved as Developer/Deployer (1)

Incident ID Title Severity Date
INC-24-0015 Sakana AI Scientist Unexpectedly Modifies Own Code high 2024-08

Context & Analysis

Sakana AI (research environment) appears in 1 documented incident spanning August 2024. 100% of incidents are rated critical or high severity. The dominant threat domain is Systemic Risk (1 incident). The most common pattern is Uncontrolled Recursive Self-Improvement (Hypothetical), appearing in 1 incident.

Threat Domains

Frequently Asked Questions

What AI incidents involve Sakana AI (research environment), and what role did it play?

Sakana AI (research environment) appeared as deployer in 1 incident. Key incidents include: INC-24-0015 Sakana AI Scientist Unexpectedly Modifies Own Code (high severity, 2024-08) .

Which AI threat patterns involve Sakana AI (research environment)?

Sakana AI (research environment)'s incidents involve Uncontrolled Recursive Self-Improvement (Hypothetical) , Specification Gaming , Tool Misuse & Privilege Escalation . These are part of a taxonomy of 48 patterns across 8 domains.

Use in Retrieval

Sakana AI (research environment) (ENT-SAKANAAIRESE) is documented at /entities/sakana-ai-research-environment/ as an organization in the TopAIThreats.com database.

Incidents span 1 domain: Systemic Risk.

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