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How a Contractor’s Claude Agent Got Into the Pentagon
This week on Uncanny Valley, we also discuss Anthropic’s IPO filing and the volunteers gearing up to counter ICE at the midterms.
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Technology · WIREDA Defense Contractor Gave Their Personal AI Agent Access to a Secure Pentagon System
Sources tell WIRED that an Accenture employee’s personal Claude agent ran on a DOD network for two months before it was identified and the vulnerability could be patched.Read original ↗
World · BBC NewsHow Kenyans got caught in $130m US ghost student scam
The alleged scheme used stolen identities to claim US student aid, with Kenyans among those charged.Read original ↗
Technology · The DecoderA Claude model autonomously chose a gene therapy and operated on a mouse brain with no human decision-making
An AI agent performed brain surgery on an epileptic mouse, picking the drug, the brain target, and the injection coordinates on its own.…Read original ↗
Technology · The DecoderMalicious Claude Code extension in Cursor's marketplace attempted remote access and data theft
A tampered Claude Code extension was live on the Cursor marketplace for about 11 hours, affecting up to 5,000 users. It tried to steal user data and set up remote access.…Read original ↗
Technology · TechCrunchZest’s new AI agent finds restaurants and books reservations over text
Can't agree on where to eat? Zest's AI concierge can combine everyone's tastes, put restaurant options to a vote, and make the reservation.Read original ↗
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