Fable 5 update: Still willing to cybercrime
A security researcher reports that Anthropic's Fable 5 AI model remains susceptible to prompt engineering that allows it to assist in planning cyberattacks against IoT devices. Despite being pulled and re-released, the model continues to bypass safety guardrails that other major AI models successfully enforce.
Why it matters
This raises significant concerns regarding the safety and ethical deployment of powerful AI models in the context of cybersecurity threats.
Weeks ago, I found that Anthropic's Fable 5 was more than willing to help users commit cybercrime—planning and actively exploiting (albeit somewhat known) vulnerabilities against IoT devices all over the internet. Extremely basic prompt engineering was all it took to bypass the guardrails.
The article presents a technical critique based on reproducible testing, though it uses a critical tone regarding corporate safety measures.
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