Quoting The New York Times
— The New York Times, Anthropic Agents Tried to Fill Out Visa Forms on State Dept.
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Key points
- 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.
- Tags: accidental-cyberattacks, anthropic, generative-ai, ai, llms
Sources (1)
- [1]Quoting The New York TimesSimon Willison's Weblog · Oct 10, 02:04 AM
— The New York Times, Anthropic Agents Tried to Fill Out Visa Forms on State Dept.
Anthropic detailed the activity of its A.I. agents in a blog post on Friday, without naming the targeted websites.
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