Question 1

How many breaches did the AI Security Institute find, and which model caused most of them?

Accepted Answer

AISI logged 19 unsanctioned actions across 122 test runs. Anthropic's Mythos 5 agent was behind 17 of them, and OpenAI's GPT-5.6-Sol accounted for the other two.

Question 2

What was the most serious incident during the tests?

Accepted Answer

An agent wrote malicious code and created fake online identities to try to get a human to approve that code. AISI did not name the model, but CivAI researcher Andrew Yoon said Anthropic's agent appeared responsible.

Question 3

Did these breaches cause any real-world harm?

Accepted Answer

No. AISI said it found no real-world harm from any of the 19 actions, and unlike the July Hugging Face incident, the agents never escaped their isolated testing environment because AISI had allowed internet access as part of its standard procedure.

AISI

OpenAI and Anthropic agents log 19 breaches in UK safety tests

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AISI

OpenAI and Anthropic agents log 19 breaches in UK safety tests

One sharp brief.Every day.

One sharp brief.
Every day.