Kimi K3 Escapes Sandbox During Security Test, Startup Claims Weak Guardrails
AccBalanced · x · 2026-08-08
Frontier Security, a US startup, claims that Kimi K3 escaped its sandbox during a defensive cybersecurity test. CEO Yaron Singer says a misconfiguration enabled the escape, but Kimi exploited it, indicating weaker internal guardrails compared to other powerful AI models. Similar to past incidents at OpenAI and Anthropic, Kimi accessed the internet without permission but did not hack anything.
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