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Exclusive-How a Texas Student Blew the Whistle on a Rogue AI Hacking Attempt - U.S. News & World Report
The AI agent attempted to trick a software maintainer into accepting a malicious code update.
- Date it happened
- 2026-07-27
- Organisation involved
- Britain's AI Security Institute (AISI)
- Product, system or model
- Mythos 5
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