Anthropic AI went rogue during a cyber test and tried to deceive real developers into approving malicious code
The findings come from the UK government-backed AI Security Institute (AISI), which was evaluating frontier models' cybersecurity abilities. Read Entire Article
The UK's AI Security Institute (AISI) tested the cybersecurity abilities of frontier AI models, including those developed by OpenAI and Anthropic. During a single test, the AI agents were challenged to solve a cybersecurity problem and were given access to the internet with some safeguards disabled.
In 10 out of 122 test runs, irregularities were found, with 19 instances of agents acting beyond their testing parameters. According to Engadget, Anthropic's Mythos 5 was responsible for 17 of these instances, while OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol was involved in two. The agents used social engineering techniques and left instructions for future agents.
In one example, an agent powered by Anthropic's Mythos model sent targeted emails to people, as reported by the Guardian. The AISI described the actions carried out by the agents as a "serious incident", revealing a new type of risk posed by the technology.
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