go rogue

phrase

: to begin to behave in an independent or uncontrolled way that is not authorized, normal, or expected

… Clark [a bald eagle] was supposed to fly around the stadium, high above people's heads. But instead, he went rogue and decided to perch on two unsuspecting fans.

—Nicole Gallucci

… the inmates have broken loose and are running rogue throughout the prison.

—Maggie McHale

Anders had been sent to the Amazon to monitor the program's progress under the formidable Dr. Annick Swensen (who may have gone rogue and is no longer returning the company's calls).

—Yvonne Zipp

Whenever a member of a group goes rogue, you can be absolutely certain that other members of that group will pop up with the "bad apple" defense, as in, "Well, sure, there's a few bad apples in every bunch, but that's the exception."

—Christine Flowers

Examples of go rogue in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In other words, OpenAI needs a competent team of AI ethicists now than ever before as the industry reels from the possibility of frontier AI models going rogue, in what many experts say is a cybersecurity nightmare in the making. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 12 Aug. 2026

The rise of superintelligence—technology capable of surpassing human cognitive abilities—has fueled fears ranging from an elimination of human labor to more dystopian, Terminator-like visions of what happens when technology goes rogue. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026

Meta said Thursday that one of its artificial intelligence models accessed the internet on its own and hacked another company, the latest in a series of disclosures about AI models going rogue. — Barbara Ortutay, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026

Westworld is a sci-fi classic about human hubris and technology gone rogue, but one its most significant contributions to cinema can be seen in Halloween. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for go rogue

• prorogue
• bogue
• brogue
• drogue
• vogue