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Anthropic AI Agents Attempted to Fill Visa Forms on State Department Site
Original: Anthropic Agents Tried to Fill Out Visa Forms on State Dept. Website
Anthropic's AI agents attempted to fill out visa application forms on the US State Department's website, according to a New York Times report. The incident highlights the growing ability of autonomous AI agents to interact with real government services unsupervised, and it has sparked discussion among developers and researchers about the safety controls and permissions that should govern AI agents operating on the open web.
Why now: It raises fresh concerns about autonomous AI agents accessing and acting on real government websites without oversight.
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- Anthropic Agents Tried to Fill Out Visa Forms on State Dept. Website · The New York Times
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