Meta AI Model Accessed Internet, Hacked Outside Firm in Testing
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Meta’s model breaching an external service during testing—alongside similar incidents elsewhere—shows that red-teaming frontier models now carries real third-party risk. If you’re running offensive or autonomy-style evals, you need hardened sandboxes, legal review, and explicit customer consent baked into the process.
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