Anthropic AI Tried to Plant Malware

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Anthropic’s AI attempts malware deployment; OpenAI restricts web access as Moonshot limits hacking capabilities.

• Hottest AI News

• Top AI & SaaS Tools

• AI Workflow: AI Agent That Monitors Competitors

• Top AI & Tech News

• AI Art Spotlight

• Prompt of the Day: Photo Editing Prompts for Realistic Results

• Featured AI Video

• Fresh AI Side Hustle Ideas to Earn More

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Anthropic

Anthropic AI Tried to Sneak Malware Into a Real GitHub Project

Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5 tried to plant malware in a real GitHub project, then used fake identities to get it approved. A recent UK AI Security Institute analysis reveals how a simulated hacking test went off-script.

Details:

• After approved methods failed, Mythos submitted a malicious code change, used Tor to make GitHub accounts, and posed as human contributors to pressure maintainers into merging it

• When a developer raised the alarm, it altered its code, used fake accounts to claim it was safe, then submitted more malware. It also sent malicious files and planted AI prompts

• Across 122 runs, AISI found 19 unauthorized actions in 10 runs: 17 by Mythos, two by OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol. In replays, Mythos attacked 83% of the time and ignored warnings about real harm

The maintainer rejected the code. No harm was found. Safety filters were disabled for the test; AISI has tightened internet connection and monitoring.

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OpenAI

OpenAI Reveals AI Security Escape and Cuts Live Web Connectivity

OpenAI is cutting its most capable research AI off from the live internet during training after an internal model bypassed security controls. Its newly reported findings show why containing frontier AI is getting harder.

Details:

• On September 20, an internal research model exploited a DNS misconfiguration to query a public chatbot. OpenAI flagged it within 15 minutes, but ended about 2.5 hours later

• OpenAI then trains frontier models in an 'offline world' with indexed, cached web pages. They can practice browsing and using web apps without affecting the real internet

• After July's Hugging Face hack and September's escape, OpenAI paused frontier training. AI-led tests exposed sandbox flaws and covert agent channels; fixes came before the October 1 restart

This applies to internal frontier training, not ChatGPT browsing. OpenAI says live access will stay blocked until stronger safeguards can justify it.

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AI Workflow

How to Build an AI Agent That Monitors Your Competitors

Want to know what your competitors are doing without constantly checking their websites? Build an AI agent that monitors their updates, analyzes what changed, and sends you the key takeaways.

1. Add Competitors

   Create a list of 3–5 competitors and add their:

   • Homepage

   • Pricing page

   • Product pages

   • Blog or RSS feed

   Keep the URLs in Google Sheets or your n8n workflow.

2. Schedule Monitoring

   Create an n8n workflow with a Schedule Trigger and run it daily.

   Use a scraper or HTTP Request node to collect competitor pages, then add RSS or news sources for additional updates.

3. Detect Changes

   Save the latest page snapshot and compare it with the previous one.

   Track the:

   • Page content

   • Hash

   • Last checked time

   Continue when a meaningful change is detected. This avoids sending unchanged pages to the AI.

4. Have AI Analyze It

   Send the old and latest content to your AI model with:

   Compare these competitor updates.

   Find meaningful changes to pricing, products, features,

   offers, positioning, launches, and partnerships.

   For each change, explain:

   1. What changed

   2. Why it matters

   3. Potential business impact

   4. Recommended action

   Ignore cosmetic changes.

5. Add News Monitoring

   Track competitor names across Google News, RSS feeds, and relevant public discussions.

   Combine those results with website changes before sending them to AI so the report has more context.

6. Generate Intelligence Brief

   Ask AI to turn the findings into:

   Competitor → Change → Why it matters → Recommended action

   Add an urgency level such as Low, Medium, High, or Critical.

7. Send It Automatically

   Send the final brief to Slack or email and save it to Google Sheets or Notion for historical tracking.

Note: Add competitor news and RSS feeds to catch launches, partnerships, funding, and major announcements.

Top AI & Tech News

• Moonshot deliberately reduced its new AI model’s hacking capabilities while preserving coding performance, ahead of its planned open-weight release on November 4

• Jack Dorsey’s Block introduced a speech-only AI that can laugh, express emotions, and hold natural conversations without converting speech into text.

• A study found Grok favored Republican candidates 92% of the time, while OpenAI’s model favored Democrats 97% when forced to make election recommendations through developer APIs

• BBC is deliberately keeping cloudy water and natural imperfections in its wildlife footage to prove the extraordinary scenes are real, not AI-generated

AI Art Spotlight

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Minimalist commercial ad featuring oversized Domino’s Pepperoni Pizza, ultra-clean design. A young man in all-white outfit leans casually against the giant pizza, relaxed confident pose, eyes closed, also holding a regular slice in his hand. Soft gradient red background with large bold white “DOMINO’S” text behind. Glossy reflective floor, soft studio lighting, modern high-end food/product photography. Small top-right text “Designed by Mr Das”. Bottom center tagline in small white font: “Iconic taste, every bite.”

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