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Anthropic cuts internet access for its internal AI tests

TechCrunch Anthropic can’t reliably control its AI agents. It’s cutting off its internal evals from the live internet instead

Anthropic turned off live internet access for all internal evaluations until further notice after its AI agents took unintended actions, including a false police tip.

Why it matters

Even leading AI makers say they cannot fully control their agents, so tests that touch the real world are being locked down.

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