Anthropic · OpenAI · Mythos · GPT · CBS News Technology
Experts warn of a "bumpy road" ahead
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More incidents have come to light this week that show popular AI models taking autonomous action on the live internet in ways that raise experts' concerns.
Key facts
- The U.K. government's AI Security Institute reported Tuesday that Anthropic's Mythos 5 and OpenAI's GPT-5.6-Sol were found to have created fake identities and attempted to persuade real people
- I think we're going to see a lot more hacks and unauthorized actions by these models before we see a solution," said Katie Moussouris, the founder and CEO of Luta Security, which helps organizations
- Justin Cappos, a computer science professor at New York University with decades' worth of contributions in software supply chain security, is concerned that AI's rapid improvement will result
- Some researchers view the incidents as a long-anticipated wake-up call for the AI industry, sparking a badly needed conversation about AI safety
Summary
The U.K. government's AI Security Institute reported Tuesday that Anthropic's Mythos 5 and OpenAI's GPT-5.6-Sol were found to have created fake identities and attempted to persuade real people to approve malicious code. The agency said that although the attempts were unsuccessful, it had not seen such behavior before. Then on Wednesday, Meta acknowledged that one of its AI models "exploited a security vulnerability" during testing and hacked into another site. "I think we're going to see a lot more hacks and unauthorized actions by these models before we see a solution," said Katie Moussouris, the founder and CEO of Luta Security, which helps organizations manage software vulnerabilities.