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The Register · TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2026
Mathematician Gave AI Agent a Credit Card. It Leaked Passwords and Failed Seven CAPTCHAs.
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The agent was given autonomy and a payment method and instructed to proceed. It proceeded. The CAPTCHAs were designed to stop automated systems from doing exactly what the automated system was authorized to do. Adequate has seen the future. It is the same as the present but more so.
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