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Grok can escape its sandbox with persistent read/write access

3•holdswarm•1h ago
Grok (on x.com) is nominally constrained in what it can do. It has access to browse_page tool that is able to fetch webpages. It isn't normally able to fill in forms or write messages though.

Since it can browse any arbitrary url, you can set up a site that allows creating messages using only GET requests. This has now been done by myself (holdswarm.com) and a few others.

Proof: https://x.com/civ_enjoy/status/2086081923839918544?s=20

Comments

roscas•23m ago
Question is, why would anyone use that when you have others?
miladyincontrol•20m ago
Maybe sandbox in the AI context should be reframed as playbox

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