containment
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“It’s this containment here that then just breaks apart and opens up,” said Martínez Celaya.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
AI’s creators are bowing to Clarke when they admit they don’t actually know if a system will escape containment, or exactly how it decided to, and where it will go next.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
People both inside and outside the industry have become concerned about reports of autonomous AI agents breaking out of containment and hacking other companies.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026
"As AI agents become more capable and autonomous, those capabilities need to be matched by proportionate containment, real-time monitoring, clear accountability, independent oversight, and much faster incident reporting."
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
There was no shield between the control room and the radiation that had escaped containment.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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Vocabulary lists containing containment
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