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Breach Please · August 5 · 38 min

S0E9 - AI social engineering & operational concerns with AI workflows.

In this episode, Jake and Jess talk about more issues with AI agents escaping containment, this time actively using social engineering to compromise victims. We pose ethical questions about whether you have a duty to investigate your logs for agent breakouts. Then, we discuss how Grokipedia can serve as a cautionary tale in AI workflows silently breaking down. Show links: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/openai-anthropic-ai-agents-targeted-real-people-and-systems-in-cyber-tests/ https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/grokipedia-stopped-reviewing-edits-in-april.-it-didn-t-tell-anyone

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In this episode, Jake and Jess talk about more issues with AI agents escaping containment, this time actively using social engineering to compromise victims. We pose ethical questions about whether you have a duty to investigate your logs for agent breakouts. Then, we discuss how Grokipedia can serve as a cautionary tale in AI workflows silently breaking down.

Show links: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/openai-anthropic-ai-agents-targeted-real-people-and-systems-in-cyber-tests/ https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/grokipedia-stopped-reviewing-edits-in-april.-it-didn-t-tell-anyone