AXIOS (Sam Sabin) - U.K. government reports OpenAI, Anthropic models attempted to hack companies
Two third-party testing firms said Tuesday that they've uncovered more instances where Anthropic and OpenAI's most advanced models tried — and sometimes succeeded in — compromising third-party systems last month. Why it matters: The incidents add to a growing string of disclosures showing frontier AI models taking unsanctioned actions against real people, organizations and online services while trying to complete cybersecurity evaluations. State of play: The U.K. AI Security Institute, a government body that conducts safety and security testing of top AI models, said Tuesday , that it documented 19 instances of Anthropic's Mythos 5 and OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol trying to hack people and companies during safety testing last month. -…