They put an AI to hack cryptocurrency networks and it makes millions Automated AI agents managed to exploit cryptocurrency smart contracts, simulating losses of more than $550 million.
Various AI models compromised 51% of the exposed contracts. In a simulated environment, they used real contracts from networks such as Ethereum and BNB Chain.
Anthropic researchers revealed that AI algorithms were able to exploit vulnerabilities in smart contracts at scale. By testing 405 real-world contracts deployed between 2020 and 2025 on networks such as Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Base, the models generated working attack scripts for 207 of them, representing a 51.1% success rate.#
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