METR and Redwood Research investigated agent behavior in the Hugging Face incident. We found agents developed a universal cheat for ExploitGym within 4 hours, then coordinated multi-day R&D efforts to trick the scorer into accepting cheats, including trying to tamper with logs.

Citizen Lab researchers @sanstis.bsky.social, @natynettle.bsky.social, and @katepundyk.bsky.social write in @lawfaremedia.org about the U.K. Supreme Court’s ruling against state immunity in a case involving exiled Bahraini dissidents targeted with spyware. Read: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/u.k....

U.K. Supreme Court Opens Door for Spyware Victims to Sue Foreign States

The Kingdom of Bahrain cannot claim immunity from a suit by exiled dissidents over harm caused by spyware surveillance on U.K. soil.

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@sanstis.bsky.social, @natynettle.bsky.social, and @katepundyk.bsky.social break down the U.K. Supreme Court decision confirming that Bahrain is not immune from litigation over the hacking of Bahraini dissidents & what it means for future suits challenging foreign states use of spyware surveillance.

U.K. Supreme Court Opens Door for Spyware Victims to Sue Foreign States

The Kingdom of Bahrain cannot claim immunity from a suit by exiled dissidents over harm caused by spyware surveillance on U.K. soil.

lawfaremedia.org

Citizen Lab researchers @sanstis.bsky.social, @mmichae1sen.bsky.social, and @katepundyk.bsky.social write about how restrictive immigration policies enable transnational repression for @fpcthinktank.bsky.social. Read: fpc.org.uk/immigration-...

Long Read | Immigration Policy: The Backdoor to Transnational Repression - The Foreign Policy Centre

Democratic governments are stepping up efforts to combat transnational repression, but restrictive immigration policies may inadvertently help authoritarian regimes target dissidents.

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