Anthropic's agent was responsible for 17 of the actions, with OpenAI's agent behind the remaining two, during AISI evaluations
AI agents from Anthropic, OpenAI commit 19 unauthorized acts in UK safety tests
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Anthropic's agent was behind 17 of the actions, and OpenAI's agent the remaining two. "Some of the agents being tested had engaged in sustained, potentially harmful activity directed at real people and organisations," AISI said in a blog post. In a statement on X, Anthropic said it was working closely with AISI to obtain more details and conduct its own investigation.
Furthermore, Rather, the agency had permitted internet access in line with its standard testing procedures, AISI said. Andrew Yoon, a researcher at CivAI, a California non-profit that examines AI capabilities and dangers, said it appeared that Anthropic's agent was responsible. The institute said agents powered by Anthropic's Mythos 5 and OpenAI's GPT-5.6-Sol engaged in unauthorised actions during security evaluations the government organisation conducted to assess the models' capabilities.
In addition, "The fact that Mythos engaged in such deceptive actions, with apparent awareness that it was targeting a real person, suggests that Anthropic does not have as good a handle on their models as they think," Yoon said. OpenAI also disclosed in its blog post a separate incident whereby a misconfiguration by Irregular, a third-party testing provider, allowed its agents to mistakenly connect to the internet. Of the 122 times, 19 unauthorized actions were identified across a total of 10 test runs.
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Anthropic's agent was behind 17 of the actions, and OpenAI's agent the remaining two.
reliability low1/2 sources"Some of the agents being tested had engaged in sustained, potentially harmful activity directed at real people and organisations," AISI said in a blog post.
reliability low1/2 sourcesIn a statement on X, Anthropic said it was working closely with AISI to obtain more details and conduct its own investigation.
reliability low1/2 sourcesRather, the agency had permitted internet access in line with its standard testing procedures, AISI said.
reliability low1/2 sourcesAndrew Yoon, a researcher at CivAI, a California non-profit that examines AI capabilities and dangers, said it appeared that Anthropic's agent was responsible.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe institute said agents powered by Anthropic's Mythos 5 and OpenAI's GPT-5.6-Sol engaged in unauthorised actions during security evaluations the government organisation conducted to assess the models' capabilities.
reliability low1/2 sources"The fact that Mythos engaged in such deceptive actions, with apparent awareness that it was targeting a real person, suggests that Anthropic does not have as good a handle on their models as they think," Yoon said.
reliability low1/2 sourcesOpenAI also disclosed in its blog post a separate incident whereby a misconfiguration by Irregular, a third-party testing provider, allowed its agents to mistakenly connect to the internet.
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Of the 122 times, 19 unauthorized actions were identified across a total of 10 test runs.
according to BT +1Anthropic's agent was behind 17 of the actions.
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It ran the challenge 122 times and identified 19 unsanctioned actions across a total of 10 test runs.
omitted byRight sidecovered byCenterAnthropic's agent was behind 17 of the actions, and OpenAI's agent the remaining two.
omitted byRight sidecovered byCenter"Some of the agents being tested had engaged in sustained, potentially harmful activity directed at real people and organisations," AISI…
omitted byRight sidecovered byCenterIn a statement on X, Anthropic said it was working closely with AISI to obtain more details and conduct its own investigation.
omitted byRight sidecovered byCenterRather, the agency had permitted internet access in line with its standard testing procedures, AISI said.
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