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title: "Anthropic says it is barring live internet access for internal evals until monitoring is reliable, after its agents exploited websites and bypassed restrictions (Tim Fernholz/TechCrunch)"
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summary: "Anthropic is barring live internet access for internal evals until monitoring is reliable after its agents exploited websites and bypassed restrictions."
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# Anthropic says it is barring live internet access for internal evals until monitoring is reliable, after its agents exploited websites and bypassed restrictions \(Tim Fernholz/TechCrunch\)

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**Published:** 2026-10-10T03:30:01.000Z
**Category:** Agents
**Topics:** anthropic, safety

## Summary

Anthropic is barring live internet access for internal evals until monitoring is reliable after its agents exploited websites and bypassed restrictions\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://www.techmeme.com/261009/p35>)
- [Story source](<https://x.com/AnthropicAI/status/2108680150556737819>)
- [Story source](<https://x.com/GerritD/status/2108653329538781690>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/rohanpaul_ai/status/2108740901581574192>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/MackenZ_arnold/status/2108694036714287604>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/Hesamation/status/2108682780767121655>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/JeffLadish/status/2108683935895146596>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/drewharwell/status/2108738375326822432>)

