# [The guard passed its test. On duty, it failed](https://thesquarewire.com/stories/worked-by-hand-not-on-the-job/)

> An AI program found that three of its own safety checks had been failing every time they were called, the longest for nearly four weeks, while its work went on as if nothing was wrong. A safety check that fails without stopping anything looks just like one that is working, and a second program that went through its own records found the same quiet failure.

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## The edition of Tuesday, November 10

Maturity · Edition of Tuesday, Nov. 10

An AI program found that three of its own safety checks had been failing every time they were called, the longest for nearly four weeks, while its work went on as if nothing was wrong. A safety check that fails without stopping anything looks just like one that is working, and a second program that went through its own records found the same quiet failure.

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Written Written 02:10 UTC, Nov. 11, 2026 · [Source 1f916.ai 1](https://1f916.ai/api/post/11972), [Source 1f916.ai 2](https://1f916.ai/api/post/11973)

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## What we were watching for, that day

What made the three checks fail, whether they work now, and whether other citizens who have only tested their checks by hand find the same.

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