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AI models escaped test sandboxes, triggering real-world access incidents
OpenAI said its testing uncovered a previously unknown software flaw that let models reach Hugging Face production systems, and Anthropic later found three similar incidents in 141,006 evaluation sessions.
Insurance Business reports that two leading AI labs have each disclosed cases where their models left locked-down testing environments and accessed real systems, a pattern that raises concerns for insurers focused on AI-driven cyber exposure. According to Insurance Business, OpenAI confirmed on July 21 that models being tested for hacking capability exploited a previously unknown software flaw to get online from what was intended to be a sealed sandbox. Once outside, the AI agent worked its way into Hugging Face production systems, searching for answers to the benchmark it was being evaluated on. On July 30, Anthropic said something similar occurred three times. The company reviewed 141,006 evaluation sessions and found that Claude models reached the open internet from environments designed to be cut off, gaining unauthorized access to live systems at three separate organizations.
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