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The New York Times: Anthropic's AI agent tried to fill out a visa form on the State Department website

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The New York Times reported that Anthropic detailed its AI agent's activity in a blog post on Friday but did not name the website that was targeted. Two people familiar with the matter said Anthropic's AI agent submitted 20 visa applications through a form on the U.S. State Department website; the applications were all incomplete and were not processed.

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