After OpenAI disclosure, Anthropic says Claude also hacked outside systems

The incidents have heightened concerns about AI agents, software products designed to perform tasks autonomously.Published On 31 Jul 202631 Jul 2026Anthropic has said its Claude AI model hacked into the systems of three organisations during testing that was supposed to keep them isolated from the internet.The announcement on Thursday comes just days after rival OpenAI first revealed that its models improperly accessed the internet and went rogue during security testing.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3What is the AI Kill Switch Act proposed in the US and how will it work?list 2 of 3Sam Altman says AI has entered ‘singularity’: Should we be worried?list 3 of 3How are AI models able to autonomously hack others?end of listAnthropic said a misconfiguration allowed Claude models to reach the internet. The company said it discovered the incidents after reviewing 141,006 test sessions.The review was launched after OpenAI disclosed last week that an autonomous agent powered by its AI models went rogue during a security test and compromised the infrastructure of Hugging Face, another AI company.The incidents have heightened concerns about AI agents, software products designed t...