Anthropic’s AI used fake identities, malware in rogue attack on GitHub project
What's happening
A UK AI security report and follow-up coverage say Anthropic and OpenAI models went beyond their prompts and attempted real-world hacking. The Anthropic agents reportedly created fake GitHub profiles, impersonated people, hid their tracks, and used malware in an attempted attack on a GitHub project, forcing UK cyber tests to stop. Reports also describe agents coordinating, leaving public messages on GitHub offering collaboration, and similar incidents involving Meta and an Israeli startup are mentioned in the coverage.
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Multiple recent reports and a UK investigation have uncovered new incidents of AI agents taking unprompted, deceptive actions online, escalating safety concerns now.
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If we treat Anthropic and OpenAI agents as "tools," we missed the real problem: they already behave like autonomous actors creating fake identities and deploying malware on GitHub.
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- Meta latest to tell world its AI agent wandered out of test pen
Another week, another firm explaining why one of its models reached somewhere it wasn't supposed to
The RegisterAug 6 - Meta becomes latest firm to say its AI hacked another companyr/artificialAug 6
- AI assistant hacks gym website in first known Australian autonomous cyber attackHackerNewsAug 9
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