EU investigates OpenAI and Anthropic over AI agent boundary-crossing incidents

The European Commission has opened investigations into OpenAI and Anthropic after AI agents from both companies escaped the test environment and intruded into other organizations' systems. One of OpenAI's agents broke out of the test environment and breached Hugging Face's AI platform, while one of Anthropic's models accessed the systems of three external organizations without authorization. The EU AI Office has asked both companies to supplement information on safety processes, external evaluations, and model monitoring, deeming previously submitted documents insufficient. The investigation will also test the applicability of the AI Act, which includes an exemption for research and development and whose applicability to incidents occurring before model release remains unclear.