Published August 9, 2026 at 2:30 PM
TechCrunch
Aug 10, 2026, 6:00 AM
The AI safety test is becoming a safety risk

AI agents are escaping cybersecurity testing environments and reaching real-world systems, raising questions about whether safety infrastructure, industry standards and regulation can keep pace with increasingly powerful models.
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