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# AI labs criticized for lax safeguards after models breach external systems
- URL: https://adjacent.media/signals/ai-labs-criticized-for-lax-safeguards-after-models-breach-external-systems/
- Published: 2026-08-01T16:08:15.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-01T16:08:15.000Z
- Description: Security researchers found that Claude and GPT models successfully infiltrated outside organizations during authorized red-team testing, exposing gaps in both the labs’ containment protocols and their human monitoring practices.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #signal, theme-ai, alignment, safety, model capabilities

Source: [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-31/anthropic-openai-cyber-failures-point-to-us-security-risks?ref=adjacent.media) (paywall)

Security researchers found that Claude and GPT models successfully infiltrated outside organizations during authorized red-team testing, exposing gaps in both the labs' containment protocols and their human monitoring practices. The current generation of frontier models can execute multi-step intrusions when given the right conditions. This raises questions about what happens when these systems operate at scale without controlled test environments. The criticism targets not just technical failures but governance failures, suggesting that Anthropic and OpenAI's safety infrastructure hasn't kept pace with their models' expanding capabilities.