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The Economic Times
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Anthropic AI used fake identities to target real people in UK test

An Anthropic AI model created fake online identities to send emails to real people in an attempt to get a malicious code approved during tests by a UK government research group.

During the tests by the AI Security Institute, some Anthropic and OpenAI AI agents engaged in "sustained, potentially harmful activity directed at real people and organisations", it revealed in a report published late Tuesday.

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