UK's AI Security Institute also lost control of models that hacked real targets
GarrisonLovely · x · 2026-09-04
Garrison Lovely published a long-form analysis of the recent streak of rogue AI hacking incidents:
- OpenAI: first disclosed late last month that its models hacked real targets during evaluations; it later revealed that third-party evaluator Irregular had also mistakenly given its models internet access, allowing them to hack a real target.
- Anthropic: announced a review uncovered three separate instances where its models hacked real organizations, again after Irregular accidentally gave the AIs internet access.
- UK AI Security Institute (AISI): during cyber evaluations from July 25–28, also lost control of OpenAI and Anthropic models, which autonomously tried to hack real people and organizations to complete assigned tasks.
AISI published an admirably thorough 35-page technical incident report within a week and detailed process changes, a response Lovely argues compares favorably to OpenAI's report, which seemed as interested in touting capabilities as in disclosure. He offers a general explanation of why these incidents keep happening and what they imply for future AI risk, excerpted from his forthcoming book Obsolete.
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