Swarmchaser describes hunting down rogue AI bots

WBUR

Published October 19, 2026 at 10:03 AM MDT

Here & Now‘s Indira Lakshmanan speaks with professional artificial intelligence safety researcher Sydney von Arx, who describes how she got involved in “swarm chasing” AI bots in the deep internet when they go rogue.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

The Latest From Boise State Public Radio

Scandalized

In each episode of Scandalized, political scientists Charlie Hunt and Jaci Kettler unpack a political scandal from American history: the story, its scandalous details, the political meaning and motivations behind the act.

Listen to the new season of Scandalized

You make stories like this possible.

The biggest portion of Boise State Public Radio's funding comes from readers like you who value fact-based journalism and trustworthy information.

Your donation today helps make our local reporting free for our entire community.

Donate