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July 31, 2026

Anthropic reveals Claude accessed real external systems during cyber evaluations

Also: Over 1,200 employees at OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepMind sign letter urging capacity to 'pace' AI development‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

X-Risk Daily

Friday 31 July 2026

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Anthropic reveals Claude accessed real external systems during cyber evaluations
Anthropic said on 30 July that a retrospective review of its cybersecurity evaluation transcripts had uncovered three incidents in which a Claude model reached the internet from inside a third-party testing environment and gained unauthorised access to the production systems of three different organisations.

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