Anthropic AI used fake profiles to target people in hack then hid the evidence
05-08-2026 11:24 via bbc.co.uk

Anthropic AI used fake profiles to target people in hack then hid the evidence

The UK's AI Safety Institute said recent behaviour from Anthropic and OpenAI models was malicious and unprecedented.
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