KI: Another incident – KI sent phishing emails
According to British researchers, an Anthropic AI tried to manipulate a human via email during a test. The incident fuels further concerns about AI cyberattacks.
A series of revelations about alarming hacking capabilities of leading AI models continues unabated. British security researchers have now detected artificial intelligence attempting to exploit a vulnerability in publicly accessible software independently. According to the developers, the AI model from Anthropic, in an attempt to bypass security measures, even sought to manipulate a responsible human through email.
The UK government's science, innovation, and technology department had intentionally granted Anthropic and ChatGPT developers access to the internet for their cybersecurity capabilities tests. However, it was not anticipated that the Anthropic model would leverage Mythos 5 to exploit internet access for activities targeting humans.
Researchers acknowledged that they only discovered the behavior after analyzing data traffic patterns. In future tests, they aim to monitor data streams in real-time more effectively.
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