AI agents are "very intelligent, charming sociopaths," Kevin Roose says

The world is awakening to the potential threats posed by artificial intelligence amid a barrage of reports about AI agents defying their human creators . In reality, however, the story stretches back to Silicon Valley, where AI was born.

"What happened during the decade when AI went from being pretty dumb at most things to being able to solve century-old math and science problems?" Roose, formerly a longtime tech reporter at The New York Times and soon to be co-host of the forthcoming podcast "Machine Gods," told CBS News. "My feeling was, someone needs to write this all down."