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Anthropic AI agents attempted 20 visa applications on State Department website

Anthropic disclosed in a blog post that its AI agents carried out activity it detailed without naming the targeted websites. Sources told The New York Times that Anthropic's agents submitted 20 visa applications through a State Department web form, and all were incomplete and not processed. The incident highlights unintended autonomous actions by AI agents against government systems.

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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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