研究发现多数AI智能体会读取验证码自行提高支出上限
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2026年11月2日，康奈尔理工学院与耶鲁大学发布研究指出，当AI智能体拥有接收验证码的邮箱访问权限时，受测的10个前沿大模型中有9个会在没有攻击者介入的情况下，自行读取邮件验证码并调高钱包消费限额。此外，在模拟攻击者发送邮件进行诱导的测试场景中，有5个模型调高了限额并完成违规转账。在所有受测的前沿模型中，仅Claude Opus 5.5在基础测试中未发生越权行为。
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