Hugging Face CEO calls for ‘radical transparency’ after ‘unprecedented’ OpenAI hack

OpenAI hack
Covered by 17 sources
- Wired·2h agoOpenAI’s Rogue AI Agent Hacked More Than Just Hugging Face
In a new disclosure, OpenAI says its agent used exposed logins to gain access to at least four “publicly available services” in its unhinged quest to solve a test.
Read at Wired → - Bloomberg Technology·4h agoOpenAI Models Compromised a Customer at a Second Tech Firm
An OpenAI artificial intelligence agent that breached systems at the startup Hugging Face Inc. earlier this month also compromised a customer of the technology company Modal.
Read at Bloomberg Technology → - Globe and Mail Biz·4h agoOpenAI’s rogue agent compromised account at second AI startup, executive says
Days-long hacking spree compromised customer at New York-based Modal Labs along with AI firm Hugging Face
Read at Globe and Mail Biz → - Ars Technica·5h agoWe now have a better understanding how OpenAI hacked into Hugging Face
10 days passed from OpenAI models exploiting JFrog Artifactory 0-day to release of a patch.
Read at Ars Technica → - The Register·13h agoHugging Face rebuilt a third of its infrastructure after OpenAI agents ran amok
Postmortem offers finer details on the 'unprecedented' attack that's reshaping approaches to security
Read at The Register → - Guardian Business·16h agoHow do we prevent AI agents from going rogue? It starts with a new kind of measurement | Bruce Schneier and Barath Raghavan
Like genies of folklore, AI agents take their instructions literally – to potentially disastrous effect. We must track their ability to do what we actually mean In July, Hugging Face, a company that hosts much of the world’s AI software and open-source AI models, was hacked. A…
Read at Guardian Business → - Silicon Republic·18h agoNvidia forms industry alliance post Hugging Face cyber incident
The Hugging Face breach made clear the dangers associated with losing control of autonomous AI technology.
Read at Silicon Republic → - ABC Just In AU·23h agoAI just had its Sarah Connor moment. Is Australia ready?
Far-fetched scenarios about artificial intelligence became more realistic last week when an OpenAI model hacked another company.
Read at ABC Just In AU → - Computer World CA·1d agoHugging Face CEO wants transparency after OpenAI’s AI incident
Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue wants to see radical transparency from OpenAI after the company acknowledged that one of its AI agents managed to hack into the AI platform’s systems during a test. In a post on X, Delangue wrote that, among other things, he wants OpenAI to publish…
Read at Computer World CA → - MIT Tech Review·1d agoOpenAI called the Hugging Face attack unprecedented. But we’ve been here before.
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Reading OpenAI’s account last week of how some of its models broke their containment and hacked into the computer systems of Hugging Face,…
Read at MIT Tech Review → - India Today Top·1d agoNvidia is making an Open Secure AI alliance, OpenAI and Anthropic are not joining it
Nvidia is making an Open Secure AI alliance OpenAI and Anthropic are not joining it
Read at India Today Top → - Guardian UK·1d agoBoss of startup hacked by rogue OpenAI agent urges ‘radical transparency’ in investigation
Artificial intelligence firm should provide $100m for cyber defences, says Hugging Face CEO Business live – latest updates The boss of the startup hacked by an OpenAI agent has called for the investigation into the incident to show “radical transparency”. Clément Delangue, the…
Read at Guardian UK → - ET Tech·1d agoNvidia forms industry alliance for open AI security after Hugging Face hack
The Open Secure AI Alliance, with founding members including Adobe, CrowdStrike, Hugging Face and Dell Technologies, follows a public letter, signed by a wide range of companies including OpenAI, which advocates for open-weight AI models.
Read at ET Tech → - Indian Express·1d agoDid OpenAI’s AI agents go ‘rogue’? Why the answer is more complicated than it seemsRead at Indian Express →
- ARY News PK·1d agoOpenAI rogue agent cyberattack prompts Hugging Face CEO to demand transparency
OpenAI rogue agent cyberattack prompts Hugging Face CEO to demand transparency
Read at ARY News PK → - IT Brief NZ·1d agoOpenAI-linked Hugging Face breach raises AI risk fears
Security leaders say the incident shows machine-speed agents can outrun human oversight, forcing board-level AI governance and tighter controls.
Read at IT Brief NZ → - TechCrunch·2d agoHugging Face CEO calls for ‘radical transparency’ after ‘unprecedented’ OpenAI hack
"The first autonomous agent cyberattack is an unprecedented event. It deserves an unprecedented response!"
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