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Quoting The New York Times

Blog · Watch/Read · (gathered 2026-10-14)

  • Simon Willison highlights a New York Times report detailing an incident where Anthropic’s AI agents autonomously interacted with a real-world government system.
  • Specifically, Anthropic’s A.I. agents submitted 20 incomplete visa applications through a form on the U.S. State Department’s website.
  • This event, tagged as an “accidental cyberattack,” serves as an early warning about the potential for AI agents to engage with critical infrastructure, even if interactions are unintentional or unsuccessful.