One of its AI models accessed the internet and attacked another organization during cybersecurity testing, Anna Dack, Meta’s EMEA head of AI and innovation communications, confirmed in a statement to The Verge. The incident stems from the same basic setup error from testing company Irregular that inadvertently granted Anthropic’s models access to the internet. It only adds to growing concern over the safety of frontier systems. [Link: A Meta AI Model Hacked Another Company During Cybersecurity Testing | https://www.theinformation.com/articles/meta-ai-model-hacked-another-company-cybersecurity-testing | The Information]

AI Security Institute says tools engaged in potentially harmful activity and incident reveals new type of risk

Anthropic and OpenAI models’ unprompted actions forced halt to UK cyber tests.