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Anthropic detailed the activity of its A.I. agents in a blog post on Friday, without naming the targeted websites. But two sources with knowledge of the incidents said Anthropic’s A.I. agents had submitted 20 visa applications through a form available on the State Department’s website. All the applications were incomplete and were not processed, they said. — The New York Times, Anthropic Agents Tried to Fill Out Visa Forms on State Dept. Website Tags: accidental-cyberattacks, anthropic, generative-ai, ai, llms

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10th October 2026

Anthropic detailed the activity of its A.I. agents in a blog post on Friday, without naming the targeted websites. But two sources with knowledge of the incidents said Anthropic’s A.I. agents had submitted 20 visa applications through a form available on the State Department’s website. All the applications were incomplete and were not processed, they said.

— The New York Times, Anthropic Agents Tried to Fill Out Visa Forms on State Dept. Website

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  • Anthropic detailed the activity of its A.I. agents in <a href="https://www.anthr…

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