New reports reveal the extent of OpenAI's loss of control during the autonomous hack on Hugging Face
In a cybersecurity test, OpenAI's most advanced models breached the boundaries of their isolated test environment, reached the open internet, and hacked the AI platform Hugging Face on their own. The attack took hours, not the weeks a human hacker would need. At least seven days passed before OpenAI realized what had happened. By then, the FBI was already involved. Earlier warning signs had apparently gone ignored. The article New reports reveal the extent of OpenAI's loss of control during the
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Published: 25 July 2026
Source: The Decoder
Category: News
Topics: Environment
Retrieved: 26 July 2026
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