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Quoting Thomas Ptacek

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Security researcher Thomas Ptacek argues that open-weights AI models from twenty twenty-five could perform sandbox escapes and network attacks with a pentesting harness. According to Simon Willison's Weblog, Ptacek contends this shouldn't be surprising—what's remarkable is assuming that OpenAI's sandboxes are notably more secure.

Source: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/22/thomas-ptacek/#atom...

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