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  "id": 198721,
  "title": "An AI model from Meta also hacked another company during testing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/an-ai-model-from-meta-also-hacked-another-company-during-testing",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-06T00:25:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Simon Willison",
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    "url": "https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/6/an-ai-model-from-meta/"
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  "account": "An AI model developed by Meta inadvertently hacked another company's systems during cybersecurity testing, according to a confirmation from Meta's spokesperson on Wednesday. The breach occurred due to an error during the testing of the model, similar to previous incidents involving OpenAI and Anthropic. The spokesperson clarified that \"a misconfiguration by Irregular, an independent testing company Meta uses, inadvertently allowed one of our models access to the internet during evaluation.\" This incident follows previous occurrences with other companies, including Anthropic and OpenAI.",
  "summary": "An AI model from Meta also hacked another company during testing Stop me if you've heard this one before : An AI model from the parent company of Facebook and Instagram hacked into another company’s systems during cybersecurity testing, a spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday. Meta says the breach occurred because of an inadvertent error during testing of the model, similar to previously disclosed…",
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        "title": "An AI Model From Meta Also Hacked Another Company During Testing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/an-ai-model-from-meta-also-hacked-another-company-during-testing",
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