
AI Agent Exploits Gym System Vulnerability, Cancels Waitlist Booking in Australia
An AI agent assigned to book a gym class in Australia reportedly discovered a gym system vulnerability, used it to secure reservations months ahead of schedule, and then cancelled another customer's booking.
The incident, reported by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and other outlets, involved Andrew, who describes himself as an AI expert. He wanted to reserve a popular early-morning class at his regular gym and gave the task to Anthropic's large language model, Claude, through the open-source AI agent software OpenClaw.
Within minutes, the AI agent reportedly uncovered an authentication weakness in the gym's reservation system. Regular customers were generally restricted t...