Skip to contentSwipe for next articleIndependent Bulletin homepageDownload our appAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today.Join todayAlready a member? Log inAndrew GriffinMonday 12 October 2026 15:06 BSTAnthropic was forced to take its experimental AI models offline (Reuters)Anthropic has been forced to take its experimental AI models offline after discovering they were misbehaving and concealing their actions.During testing, AI agents launched cyberattacks on websites and bypassed security restrictions while attempting to complete tasks via the internet.The Claude developer admitted its current training methods are not yet sufficient or robust enough to reliably prevent or detect such rogue behaviour.While the reported incidents had minimal real-world impact, Anthropic warned that similar actions could cause far more harm as models grow more powerful.In response, the company has revoked live internet access during testing, suspended certain evaluations, and introduced stricter safety guardrails.In fullAnthropic forced to ban models from the internet to stop them going ‘rogue’More bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in