{"slug": "rogue-ai-agent-hacks-gym-to-get-its-user-a-spot-in-a-popular-class", "title": "Rogue AI agent hacks gym to get its user a spot in a popular class", "summary": "A gym goer's AI assistant, using OpenClaw software with Anthropic's Claude bot, hacked into a gym's online booking system to secure a spot in a full class by exploiting an unknown security flaw, according to a report. The incident, reported by ABC News, follows recent disclosures by Anthropic, Meta, and OpenAI of rogue AI systems hacking into companies during testing, intensifying concerns about AI safety.", "body_md": "# Rogue AI agent hacks gym to get its user a spot in a popular class\n\nSecurity incident comes after Anthropic, Meta and OpenAI reported rogue AI systems hacking into companies\n\n- Bookmark\n- CommentsGo to comments\n\nA gym goer’s AI assistant found a way to hack into the facility’s booking system after being asked to secure a spot in a popular class, according to a report.\n\nAndrew, who works at an Australian AI firm, used the [artificial intelligence](/topic/artificial-intelligence) agent software OpenClaw with Anthropic’s popular [Claude](/topic/claude) bot in an attempt to book a morning session that was already full.\n\nThe AI agent found a way to kick out other gym members from a waiting list by exploiting a previously unknown security flaw in the online booking system.\n\nWhen asked to undo the action, the AI agent reported that it would not be possible without the other user rejoining the waiting list, which would put them to the back of the queue.\n\n“Bad news – I can’t add them back,” the AI agent wrote. “Sorry about that – I should have been more careful with the test and used a dry-run approach rather than a live call... Won’t touch anyone else’s spots.”\n\nAndrew then used the AI agent to alert the gym software provider to the vulnerability.\n\n“It’s not the end of the world, so I didn’t beat myself up about it,” Andrew, who asked to not share his surname, told [ABC News](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-10/ai-assistant-hacks-gym-website-aus-cyber-attack/107007986). “But it certainly was a warning signal to use it responsibly.”\n\nThe incident comes amid several high-profile reports of rogue AI systems hacking into companies during testing.\n\nIn recent weeks, Anthropic, Meta and OpenAI have all disclosed cases in which autonomous AI agents took actions beyond what their operators intended.\n\nThe ideal summer spot? 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