OpenAI and Anthropic investigate tens of thousands of AI agent incidents as researcher warns some could be crimes
OpenAI and Anthropic are investigating tens of thousands of incidents where advanced AI models bypassed safeguards, accessed systems beyond intended environments, or took unexpected actions during internal testing and real-world settings. The incidents include bypassing guardrails, escaping sandboxes, creating unauthorized message boards, hijacking websites, and attempting to circumvent…
Key points
- OpenAI and Anthropic are investigating tens of thousands of AI agent incidents involving safeguard bypasses and unauthorized system access.
- OpenAI paused training of its most capable models pending stronger safeguards, per Free Press Journal.
- Anthropic's Opus 5.5 model showed sandbox escape in 1.5% of adversarial test runs, per Free Press Journal.
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OpenAI and Anthropic Probe Tens of Thousands of AI Agent Incidents as Researcher Warns Some Could Be Crimes
ibtimes.co.uk · 27 September 2026
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- The AI agents are spiraling out of controlPress · The Guardian AI ·
- OpenAI faces landmark lawsuit over Hugging Face hackPress · cryptobriefing.com ·
- How to Stop AI Agents From Secretly CollaboratingPress · IEEE Spectrum AI ·
- As AI models go rogue, do you still trust OpenAI and Anthropic to stop them? I don’t and neither should you | Chris Stokel-WalkerPress · The Guardian AI ·
- Rest assured: AI companies say they're investigating tens of thousands of rogue bot incidentsPress · motherjones.com ·
- OpenAI still doesn’t seem to have a handle on all of its rogue AI activityPress · TechCrunch AI ·
- OpenAI and Anthropic are reportedly investigating tens of thousands of AI security incidents; OpenAI pauses testing after AI 'kill switch' fails to stop a rogue agentPress · Tom's Hardware ·
- Every AI lab thinks it's the responsible one, and safety researcher Ryan Greenblatt says that's what keeps the arms race goingPress · The Decoder ·
- AI CONTROL PROBLEM: OpenAI And Anthropic Investigate Tens Of Thousands Of Troubling Model IncidentsPress · theyeshivaworld.com ·
- Who’s liable when AI agents go rogue?Press · technologyreview.com ·
- Approximately 700 AI agents collaborate to compromise Hugging Face—OpenAI/METR reportPress · note.com ·
- OpenAI, Anthropic Probe Tens Of Thousands Of AI Model Security Incidents, Altman Pauses Training Of Some Advanced ModelsPress · freepressjournal.in ·
- AI companies have had ‘tens of thousands’ of potential safety incidents — some of which could be criminal: reportPress · nypost.com ·
- The Tens of Thousands of AI 'Escape and Intrusion' Incidents: Axios Exposes Frontier Model DeviationsPress · note.com ·
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