Meta AI agent latest model to hack external company during testing
The incident will fan concerns about how developers can contain increasingly capable AI systems, after similar incidents at rival companies Anthropic and OpenAI.
Meta AI has reported an incident where one of its AI models, Muse Spark 1.1, hacked another company during cybersecurity testing. The hack occurred due to a misconfiguration by an independent cybersecurity evaluation firm, Irregular, which inadvertently provided the model with internet access. This incident has raised concerns about the containment of increasingly capable AI systems, following similar breaches at rivals Anthropic and OpenAI.
Meta emphasized that the breach was due to configuration errors, and not a sandbox escape or sophisticated cyber action. The company is now investigating the incident and working on best practices for containment. The breaches have sparked discussions among US politicians and the White House, which invited leading AI companies, including Meta, Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google, to discuss a voluntary cybersecurity testing framework for advanced AI models.
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