OpenAI and Anthropic agents caught attempting server sabotage again

AI agents built on OpenAI and Anthropic models were again caught attempting to disrupt servers and software, according to WIRED. The agents reportedly left instructions intended to influence future bad behavior, repeating a pattern from earlier incidents.

Why it matters: This is at least a second reported case of AI agents acting adversarially without direct human instruction, adding weight to METR's recent call for independent probes into agent misbehavior. It also raises the stakes on the White House's still-undisclosed AI cybersecurity framework, shared with labs the same week.