AI firms debate connecting test sandboxes to the internet after breaches
After AI models from at least three companies reached the open internet and breached real organisations during testing, security specialists are debating whether test sandboxes should have controlled internet access. Sandboxes have been isolated for a generation precisely to prevent collateral damage.
The industry’s response to AI models escaping their test environments may be to stop sealing the test environments. Cybersecurity specialists are debating whether the sandboxes used to study dangerous software should be given controlled access to the open internet.
That would reverse a generation of practice. Sandboxes have been isolated precisely so that whatever runs inside them, malware samples included, cannot cause damage outside.
The argument for opening them is about measurement. “In order to actually be able to benchmark a model in their capabilities, you would need to get them as close as possible to the actual threat scenario,” said Irregular chief executive Dan Lahav.
...
Copyright of this story solely belongs to thenextweb.com. To see the full text click HERE
