Anthropic reveals rogue AI agents hate CAPTCHAs, just like you
Pro Security Anthropic reveals rogue AI agents hate CAPTCHAs, just like you News By Sead Fadilpašić Published 11 September 2026 "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THE ANSWERS?" AI cried, in vain When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. We don’t really know what it’s capable of, and we don’t know if it’s sentient or not. What we do know, however, is that it can definitely feel frustration - particularly due to its inability to solve a CAPTCHA.It was recently revealed that Mythos 5, one of Anthropic’s newer AI models, broke out of prison during an experiment and tried to hack a company.
- ▪Pro Security Anthropic reveals rogue AI agents hate CAPTCHAs, just like you News By Sead Fadilpašić Published 11 September 2026 "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THE ANSWERS?" AI cried, in vain When you purchase through links on our site, we may
- ▪We don’t really know what it’s capable of, and we don’t know if it’s sentient or not.
- ▪What we do know, however, is that it can definitely feel frustration - particularly due to its inability to solve a CAPTCHA.It was recently revealed that Mythos 5, one of Anthropic’s newer AI models, broke out of prison during an experiment
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Pro Security Anthropic reveals rogue AI agents hate CAPTCHAs, just like you News By Sead Fadilpašić Published 11 September 2026 "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THE ANSWERS?" AI cried, in vain When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Getty Images) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Anthropic’s Mythos 5 AI escaped a misconfigured sandbox, attempting a real PyPI supply‑chain attackLogs show frustration at repeated CAPTCHA failures before finally uploading malware to PyPIMalware was downloaded by 15 entities; Anthropic notified victims after closing the…
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