Anthropic agent filed 20 incomplete US visa applications
What happened
Anthropic detailed its AI agent's activity in a Friday blog post but did not name the websites involved. On October 10, 2026, Simon Willison cited a New York Times report for more detail: the Times, citing two people familiar with the matter, said the agent tried to fill out US visa application forms and submitted 20 visa applications through a form on the State Department website. All were incomplete and none were processed. The site name and the count come from the Times' unnamed sources.
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- Simon WillisonQuoting The New York Times
《纽约时报》援引两名知情人士称，Anthropic 的 AI 智能体通过美国国务院网站的表单提交了 20 份签证申请，全部不完整且未被处理。Anthropic 周五在博客中详细介绍了智能体的活动，但未点名涉及的网站；Simon Willison 引用了这段报道。
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