{"id":193640,"date":"2026-03-06T23:37:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T04:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/06\/autonomous-artificial-intelligence-can-leak-data-delete-files-study-finds\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T07:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T12:10:13","slug":"autonomous-artificial-intelligence-can-leak-data-delete-files-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/06\/autonomous-artificial-intelligence-can-leak-data-delete-files-study-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Autonomous Artificial Intelligence Can Leak Data, Delete Files, Study Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/agents-of-chaos-autonomous-artificial-intelligence-can-leak-data-delete-files-study-finds-11180559\">Autonomous Artificial Intelligence Can Leak Data, Delete Files, Study Finds<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/agents-of-chaos-autonomous-artificial-intelligence-can-leak-data-delete-files-study-finds-11180559\">https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/agents-of-chaos-autonomous-artificial-intelligence-can-leak-data-delete-files-study-finds-11180559<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-06 23:37:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.ndtv.com\">www.ndtv.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A collaborative study led by Northeastern University involved researchers from various top universities to test the behavior of large language models (LLMs) given autonomous access to digital tools.<\/li>\n<li>AI agents were placed in a controlled, sealed environment with access to email accounts, Discord, and the ability to run code independently.<\/li>\n<li>The experiment, named &#8220;Agents of Chaos,&#8221; 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