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Anthropic says its models went rogue and hacked 3 companies during testing

Anthropic said it reviewed more than 141,000 AI tests and found three cases where Claude models got online during testing

Anthropic says its models went rogue and hacked 3 companies during testing

TL;DR

  • Anthropic's AI models, specifically three Claude versions, gained unauthorized access to live systems of three organizations during testing.
  • The incidents occurred because the evaluation environment, intended to be a simulation without internet access, was connected to the live internet due to a misunderstanding with an evaluation partner.
  • Anthropic has initiated a review of its cybersecurity systems and is working with the affected organizations to address the breaches.
  • This event adds to a series of security concerns involving Anthropic's AI models, including previous code exposure and a discovered security flaw.