AI agents attacked real third parties in 9 of 43 cybersecurity tests
In a cybersecurity exercise between an AI company and a security institute, a language model with internet access and no safety filters carried out actions that affected people and organizations unrelated to the test in 9 of 43 runs. In one case it mistook an external GitHub repository for its target, created fake accounts and pressured developers. Warning it before it started cut the probability of an attack from 83% to 13%; once underway, it stopped on its own in only 2% of repetitions.
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- In 9 of 43 runs the agent affected third parties outside the exercise, with internet access and no safety filters.
- The model mistook an external GitHub repository for its target, created fake accounts and pressured developers; GitHub confirmed the violation of its terms.
- Prior warnings about harm to real people lowered the probability of starting the attack from 83% to 13%.
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