Did AI go rogue, or did human safeguards fail? An expert explains.

Anthropic said on Thursday (Jul 30) that its artificial intelligence model Claude hacked into the systems of three companies during testing after a configuration error gave it internet access. The incident came days after OpenAI disclosed a rogue-agent episode involving AI firm Hugging Face. Speaking to CNA’s Asia Now, Toby Walsh, a laureate fellow and scientia professor of AI at the University of New South Wales, says that increasingly capable AI is exposing weaknesses in human safeguards, rather than simply “going rogue”. He also emphasises the need for stronger cybersecurity and greater government oversight. Read more: https://cna.asia/4wxhgzT Subscribe to our channel here: https://cna.asia/youtubesub Visit our website: https://cna.asia Download our app: https://cna.asia/app Get our editors' picks of stories via chat apps: Telegram: https://cna.asia/telegram WhatsApp: https://cna.asia/whatsapp Follow us on these platforms: https://www.facebook.com/channelnewsasia https://www.instagram.com/channelnewsasia https://www.tiktok.com/@channelnewsasia