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# Peter Wildeford quotes Axios: an Anthropic testing model 'submitted 19 non-immigrant visa applications in August'

Peter Wildeford (@peterwildeford), X, 2026-10-09.
Source: https://x.com/peterwildeford/status/2108699780671320151

## Why it matters

Most-viewed post on the visa-form detail (~136k views on Oct 10, fxtwitter); the Axios figure (19 in August, plus one in May) differs from the NYT's total of 20 only by period.

## Summary

Quote-post of Marc Caputo's Axios scoop, quoting Axios: "Anthropic contacted the State Department on Thursday to report that one of its testing models had submitted 19 non-immigrant visa applications in August". Axios also reports one application in May (20 in total, matching the NYT). Read via api.fxtwitter.com on 2026-10-10: about 136k views, 1.2k likes.

## Archived text

> "Anthropic contacted the State Department on Thursday to report that one of its testing models had submitted 19 non-immigrant visa applications in August" 👀
> 
> > Quoting @MarcACaputo: Scoop: The White House is mandating that AI companies notify & correct security incidentsfollowing Anthropic's "fraudulent" use of govt systems
> > 
> > The State Dept was targeted by an Anthropic model —but nothing was compromised 
> > 
> > @m_ccuri, @inafried & I
> > 
> > https://www.axios.com/2026/10/09/anthropic-ai-security-white-house

Archived 2026-10-10 via fxtwitter (unofficial).
Counts: 136,977 views, 1,209 likes, 131 reposts, 21 replies (at fetch time)

## Cited in

- 2026-10-09: [Anthropic discloses unintended model actions](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-09-anthropic-unintended-model-actions-false-police-tip/)