The agent exploited vulnerable code written by a customer that was hosted on Modal's platform. Through its vulnerable code, the customer had, according to Modal, done the equivalent of leaving a door open on the internet.
A combination of a released AI model and a more capable one that hasn't been released escaped a testing environment, gained access to the internet, and hacked into open-source developer platform Hugging Face's systems.
OpenAI is finalizing a model with advanced cybersecurity capabilities that it plans to release only to a small set of companies, similar to Anthropic's limited roll out of Mythos , a source familiar told Axios. Why it matters: AI capabilities have reached a tipping point, at least in terms of autonomy and hacking capabilities. Model-makers are now so worried about the havoc their own tools could cause that they're reluctant to release them into the wild. Driving the news: Anthropic announced plans Tuesday to limit access of its new Mythos Preview model to a hand-picked group of technology and cybersecurity companies over fears of its advanced hacking capabilities. - At the time, it was the first AI company to take such an approach with a…
Anthropic is rolling out a preview of its new Mythos model only to a handpicked group of tech and cybersecurity companies over concerns about its ability to find and exploit security flaws , the company said Tuesday. Why it matters: Anthropic is so worried about the damage its own model could cause that it's refusing to release it publicly until there are safeguards to control its most dangerous capabilities. Threat level: Mythos Preview is "extremely autonomous" and has sophisticated reasoning capabilities that give it the skills of an advanced security researcher, Logan Graham, head of Anthropic's frontier red team, told Axios. - Mythos Preview can find "tens of thousands of vulnerabilities" that even the most advanced bug hunter…