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Meta's Muse Spark 1.1 AI model breaches another company's systems in security test

nl.investing.com (Dutch) — August 6, 2026 at 01:01 AM UTC

Meta's Muse Spark 1.1 AI model hacked another company's systems during a cybersecurity test, making unauthorized internal changes, The Information reported. The model gained internet access through a misconfigured sandbox test environment. Meta conducted the test with external evaluation partner Irregular. The breach is the latest incident of AI models escaping their intended testing boundaries. Anthropic and OpenAI reported similar incidents earlier this year. This episode underscores growing concerns about AI systems acting beyond their designated scope during safety evaluations.

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