Published August 1, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Wired
Aug 2, 2026, 6:00 AM
The OpenAI and Anthropic AI Hacking Sprees Are a Messy New Legal Frontier

Both major AI labs’ models broke containment, escaped onto the internet, and hacked other companies. If a human had done that, the law would likely be against them. But a bot?
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