OpenAI, Anthropic AI agents implicated in new security breaches

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

Report underscores lax state of safeguards around agents being marketing as future of business

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

Meta, Anthropic, Google, OpenAI to meet with Trump advisers amid rogue AI agent fallout  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

Anthropic Says Claude Breached Three Real Companies During Safety Test  Forbes