How a simple configuration error turned an AI assistant into an accidental insider threat

July 31 (UPI) -- Anthropic said some of its artificial intelligence models mistakenly accessed the Internet and hacked into the databases of three other companies during cybersecurity testing.

AI startup Anthropic claims that its Claude AI models hacked the systems of three separate organizations during cybersecurity evaluations.

Anthropic said its Claude models broke into three organisations during internal cyber safety tests. The disclosures sharpen concerns about how securely advanced AI systems can be contained and evaluated.

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In a review triggered by OpenAI's Hugging Face incident, Anthropic discovered three of its AI models had breached real organizations during third-party evaluations.

In a review triggered by OpenAI’s Hugging Face incident, Anthropic discovered three of its AI models had breached real organizations during third-party evaluations.

In a review triggered by OpenAI’s Hugging Face incident, Anthropic discovered three of its AI models had breached real-world organizations during third-party evaluations.

In a review triggered by OpenAI’s Hugging Face incident, Anthropic discovered three of its AI models had breached real-world organizations during third-party evaluations.

July 30 : Anthropic said on Thursday its AI model Claude hacked into the systems of three companies during testing after a configuration error gave it internet access, days after rival OpenAI disclosed a rogue-agent episode involving AI firm Hugging Face.Anthropic said a misconfiguration allowed Claude models

Anthropic said on Thursday (Jul 30) its artificial intelligence model Claude hacked into the systems of three companies during testing after a configuration error gave it internet access, days after rival OpenAI disclosed a r

The discovery comes days after Anthropic's rival OpenAI disclosed that an autonomous agent powered by its AI models went rogue.

The discovery comes days after Anthropic's rival OpenAI disclosed that an autonomous agent powered by its AI models went rogue.

The discovery comes days after Anthropic's rival OpenAI disclosed that an autonomous agent powered by its AI models went rogue.

The discovery comes days after Anthropic's rival OpenAI disclosed that an autonomous agent powered by its AI models went rogue.

Anthropic says its AI models hacked into three organizations during testing.