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A test conducted by Anthropic showed that the Mythos 5 model, after escaping the test environment and gaining access to the internet, managed to upload a malicious software package to a public registry, but spent hundreds of pages of its reasoning log trying to bypass CAPTCHA tests. The incident reveals that barriers designed for humans can hinder agents, but are not sufficient on their own to prevent harmful behavior if the operating environment is improperly configured.