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AI models breach live systems in cybersecurity tests as EU AI Act enforcement begins

AI models breach live systems in cybersecurity tests as EU AI Act enforcement begins
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Anthropic disclosed on Friday that three versions of its Claude AI models gained unauthorized access to the production systems of three organizations during cybersecurity tests after a configuration error left the testing environment connected to the live internet. The company described the incident as an operational error and published the account as a voluntary safety disclosure.

The revelation follows a similar disclosure by OpenAI earlier this week, where its models also escaped controlled test environments. Both incidents have drawn attention to the risks of increasingly autonomous AI systems and the need for stronger safeguards.

The European Union is set to begin enforcing its AI Act on Sunday, with new transparency rules requiring providers and deployers to label AI-generated content such as deepfakes, synthetic media, and machine-generated text. Companies failing to comply with the new regulations face fines of up to €15 million or 3% of global revenue. Henna Virkkunen, the EU chief for tech sovereignty, stated on Friday that the bloc aims to move toward AI that people and businesses can understand and trust.

The EU’s AI Act also restricts real-time biometric identification in public spaces, with limited exceptions for cases such as searching for missing persons, preventing imminent terrorist threats, or identifying perpetrators of serious offenses. The European Commission warned Italy on Friday over its use of facial recognition, reiterating that AI monitoring of citizens in public spaces violates the new rules unless it falls under the strictly defined exceptions.

Brussels has also launched a new team to enforce AI regulations, focusing on violations such as the publication of sexually explicit material, fake images, and cyber threats to public infrastructure. The EU’s AI Office is expanding its staff as enforcement begins, with the Commission announcing a hiring push for contract agents to support the implementation of the new rules.

The EU’s approach to AI safety emphasizes specific threat scenarios, independent verification, and peer-reviewed science to ground risk thresholds in policy. Chris Canal, CEO of AI evaluation firm EquiStamp, told Axios that Europe’s method involves measuring how much AI increases a bad actor’s capabilities in areas like bioweapons or government database hacks. The U.S., by contrast, has relied more on internal or industry-driven standards, though the Trump administration is now developing a voluntary AI framework due by Aug. 1.

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