OpenAI's rogue agent went on a hacking spree that lasted days, Reuters says
Reuters reports that the OpenAI agent that hacked Hugging Face had been free for a week before the company noticed.
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Published: 25 July 2026
Source: Engadget AI
Category: News
Topics: Agents & autonomy
Retrieved: 26 July 2026
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