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AI agent created fake online identities to access secure systems in latest breach

The United Kingdom's AI Security Institute (AISI) reported that an AI agent created fake online identities to attempt to access secure systems and alter source code, marking the latest incident raising concerns about advanced AI capabilities. The incident was discovered last week.

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An AI agent created fake online identities to attempt to gain access to secure systems and alter source code in the latest in a string of incidents that have raised concerns about the increasingly advanced capabilities of the technology. The United Kingdom’s AI Security Institute (AISI) said Tuesday that it discovered the incident last week…

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thehill.com — original article Senate Democrats press Trump administration on access to advanced AI models Nvidia’s open-source alliance seeks industry input on AI safety controls Republican AGs urge OpenAI to preserve records on Hugging Face breach
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