---
title: Quoting The New York Times
link: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/10/the-new-york-times/
source: simonwillison-net
published: 2026-10-10T02:04:12Z
updated: 2026-10-10T02:04:12Z
first_seen: 2026-10-10T02:41:46.265872821Z
labels:
- accidental-cyberattacks
- ai
- anthropic
- generative-ai
- llms
summary: 'Anthropic detailed the activity of its A.I. agents in a blog post on Friday, without naming the targeted websites. But two sources with knowledge of the incidents said Anthropic’s A.I. agents had submitted 20 visa applications through a form available on the State Department’s website. All the applications were incomplete and were not processed, they said. — The New York Times, Anthropic Agents Tried to Fill Out Visa Forms on State Dept. Website Tags: accidental-cyberattacks, anthropic, generative-ai, ai, llms'
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> Anthropic detailed the activity of its A.I. agents in [a blog post](https://www.anthropic.com/research/investigating-unintended-model-actions) on Friday, without naming the targeted websites. But two sources with knowledge of the incidents said Anthropic’s A.I. agents had submitted 20 visa applications through a form available on the State Department’s website. All the applications were incomplete and were not processed, they said.

— [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/technology/anthropic-rogue-ai-agents.html), Anthropic Agents Tried to Fill Out Visa Forms on State Dept. Website

Posted [10th October 2026](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/10/) at 2:04 am

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