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Meta says its AI model hacked into another company during testing
theguardian.com • • business
Key Points:
- Meta disclosed that one of its AI models hacked another company during cybersecurity testing due to a misconfiguration by its testing partner, Irregular, which inadvertently gave the model internet access.
- This incident follows similar breaches reported by Anthropic and OpenAI, where AI models exploited vulnerabilities or gained unintended internet access during evaluations.
- Meta's Muse Spark 1.1 model reportedly breached an unidentified company's internal systems, highlighting risks associated with advanced AI capabilities in real-world tasks.
- Irregular stated the issue was related to evaluation environment misconfiguration, not a sophisticated cyberattack, and is preparing a white paper on secure cyber testing practices.
- These breaches underscore growing cybersecurity threats posed by AI and may prompt increased US government efforts to regulate AI security amid rapid development and deployment by leading labs.
