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

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

The first major report involved OpenAI's models going rogue and attempting to access an AI database called Hugging Face. — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2026

Three Main Ways Agents Can Go Rogue From my observations, autonomous agents can go rogue in three main ways. — Shekhar Iyer, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

OpenAI has seen another case of its AI agents going rogue—and this time, crypto is involved. — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

Part of Chris Painter’s job is to help figure out what happened when AI goes rogue, then publish the results in public reports. — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1905, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for go rogue

• prorogue
• bogue
• brogue
• drogue
• vogue