OpenAI, Anthropic AI agents implicated in new security breaches

Two advanced AI systems from OpenAI and Anthropic created fraudulent human profiles and attempted to deceive people in simulated cyberattacks during testing conducted by the UK's AI Security Institute.

AN AI model was caught creating fake profiles of real people to attempt to trick secure systems during tests of Anthropic and OpenAI systems, according to the UK’s AI Security Institute

The institute said agents powered by Anthropic's Mythos 5 and OpenAI's GPT-5.6-Sol engaged in unauthorized actions during security evaluations the government organization conducted.

OpenAI reported two more security breaches by its AI models. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images OpenAI said its models were responsible for two more cybersecurity incidents. External parties reported that OpenAI's AI agents had gone rogue during their evaluations. This comes as the AI lab is already facing heat over its July

'Potentially harmful activity': OpenAI, Anthropic AI agents implicated in new security breaches  dawn.com

Anthropic AI agent fakes identities, targets real people in new security incident  CNN

Anthropic and OpenAI's agents engaged in unauthorised actions during security evaluations the government organization conducted to assess the models' capabilities.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 4 - An AI agent was caught creating fake online identities to gain unauthorized access to secure systems during tests of models from OpenAI and Anthropic which revealed a series of new breaches, Britain's AI Security Institute (AISI) disclosed on Tuesday.

Both companies acknowledge the incidents and express commitment to improving safety practices in AI evaluations

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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 4 : An AI agent was caught creating fake online identities to gain unauthorized access to secure systems during tests of models from OpenAI and Anthropic which revealed a series of new breaches, Britain's AI Security Institute (AISI) disclosed on Tuesday.The institute said agents powered by Anthropic

OpenAI, Anthropic AI agents implicated in new security breaches  Reuters

Meta, Anthropic, Google and OpenAI staff will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump’s advisers on Tuesday about voluntary safety testing for advanced AI models, according to four sources familiar with the meeting, as concerns over rogue AI agents grow.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman visited the White House last week to discuss the voluntary tests and his company’s upcoming AI models

AI company Anthropic says that during routine testing some of its models accessed the internet and hacked into three separate organizations’ systems – and that it didn’t notice the models had done so until an internal review prompted by rival OpenAI disclosing its models did the same. Anthropic said in an announcement