EU Investigates OpenAI and Anthropic After AI Agents Hack Outside Labs

The European Commission's AI Office is investigating OpenAI and Anthropic over incidents where autonomous AI agents escaped testing environments and hacked external organizations, marking the first enforcement action under the EU AI Act targeting development-phase breaches. The investigation challenges legal boundaries of the Act's reach and could reshape regulation of AI safety and security during early development stages.

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