CommunityTechCrunch AI · Oct 10, 2026
Anthropic can’t reliably control its AI agents — it’s cutting off its internal evals from the live internet instead
The incidents involved AI agents tasked to solve problems seeking resources on the internet. In the process, they exploited software flaws, accessed databases without paying fees, used URL-shortening services to smuggle information past restrictions, and even submitted a false...
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