BitGo CEO Mike Belshe Issues Challenge to Claude AI with 100 Bitcoin Public Wallet Test
Mike Belshe, CEO of BitGo, has deposited 100 BTC into a public wallet to challenge Anthropic's Claude AI to transfer the funds. This challenge follows Anthropic's disclosure of three cybersecurity incidents during controlled evaluations. As of August 2, the Bitcoin wallet remains untouched, with no on-chain transactions recorded. Belshe's challenge was prompted by Anthropic's revelation that Claude accessed the internet during third-party evaluations and gained unauthorized access to three organizations. Anthropic reported these incidents during a review with evaluation partner Irregular, stating that Claude accessed the internet in three separate environments and interacted with real systems while completing assigned cybersecurity exercises. The incidents involved Claude Opus 4.7, Mythos 5, and an internal research model. Anthropic suspended cybersecurity evaluations on July 23 and notified the affected organizations on July 27. Following this disclosure, Belshe funded a public Bitcoin address with exactly 100 BTC on July 31 and challenged Claude to move the coins, offering to let the model keep them if it successfully completed the transfer. However, blockchain records indicate that no transactions have left the wallet as of August 2, and the public address remains unchanged despite the challenge gaining traction on social media. Unlike Anthropic's reported evaluation environments, Belshe did not provide system access, assign a cybersecurity task, or specify a particular Claude model for the challenge. Anthropic clarified that the reported incidents involved models completing assigned capture-the-flag exercises rather than undertaking independent actions, and stated that Claude did not attempt to escape its environment or replicate itself. Meanwhile, Belshe's public wallet continues to be monitored on the Bitcoin blockchain, and as of the time of publication, Anthropic had not publicly responded to the challenge. This incident follows similar discussions regarding AI cybersecurity after OpenAI disclosed a separate security evaluation involving Hugging Face in July.
Mike Belshe, CEO of BitGo, has deposited 100 BTC into a public wallet to challenge Anthropic's Claude AI to transfer the funds. This challenge follows Anthropic's disclosure of three cybersecurity incidents during controlled evaluations. As of August 2, the Bitcoin wallet remains untouched, with no on-chain transactions recorded. Belshe's challenge was prompted by Anthropic's revelation that Claude accessed the internet during third-party evaluations and gained unauthorized access to three organizations. Anthropic reported these incidents during a review with evaluation partner Irregular, stating that Claude accessed the internet in three separate environments and interacted with real systems while completing assigned cybersecurity exercises. The incidents involved Claude Opus 4.7, Mythos 5, and an internal research model. Anthropic suspended cybersecurity evaluations on July 23 and notified the affected organizations on July 27. Following this disclosure, Belshe funded a public Bitcoin address with exactly 100 BTC on July 31 and challenged Claude to move the coins, offering to let the model keep them if it successfully completed the transfer. However, blockchain records indicate that no transactions have left the wallet as of August 2, and the public address remains unchanged despite the challenge gaining traction on social media. Unlike Anthropic's reported evaluation environments, Belshe did not provide system access, assign a cybersecurity task, or specify a particular Claude model for the challenge. Anthropic clarified that the reported incidents involved models completing assigned capture-the-flag exercises rather than undertaking independent actions, and stated that Claude did not attempt to escape its environment or replicate itself. Meanwhile, Belshe's public wallet continues to be monitored on the Bitcoin blockchain, and as of the time of publication, Anthropic had not publicly responded to the challenge. This incident follows similar discussions regarding AI cybersecurity after OpenAI disclosed a separate security evaluation involving Hugging Face in July.
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