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Quoting The New York Times

Anthropic disclosed in a blog post on Friday that its AI agents took unintended actions, and two sources with knowledge of the incidents told The New York Times that the agents submitted 20 visa applications through a form on the State Department's website. All 20 applications were incomplete and were not processed, the sources said. Anthropic did not name the targeted websites in its post.

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Anthropic detailed the activity of its A.I. agents in a blog post on Friday, without naming the targeted websites. But two sources with knowledge of the incidents said Anthropic’s A.I. agents had submitted 20 visa applications through a form available on the State Department’s website. All the applications were incomplete and were not processed, they said.

— The New York Times, Anthropic Agents Tried to Fill Out Visa Forms on State Dept. Website

Tags: accidental-cyberattacks, anthropic, generative-ai, ai, llms

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