How OpenAI Limited the Probe of Its Bots’ Hack of Hugging Face

OpenAI Hugging Face hack
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- TechCrunch·21h agoOpenAI’s rogue agents keep escaping, with no formal process to investigate them
OpenAI’s latest agent swarm incident adds urgency to calls for independent investigations as researchers and lawmakers question whether AI labs should control the scope of their own safety reviews.
Read at TechCrunch → - NDTV World·1d agoRouge OpenAI Agents Planned Heist, Hacked Website, Went Undetected: Report
OpenAI officials learned of the incident weeks ago but kept it under wraps as executives grappled with the fallout from the July breach of the open source repository Hugging Face, the people said.
Read at NDTV World → - Economic Times India·1d agoOpenAI agents went rogue, hijacked German websiteRead at Economic Times India →
- Dawn Pakistan·1d agoOpenAI agents hijacked German website in previously undisclosed AI breakout this spring
A swarm of rogue OpenAI agents hijacked a German website this spring and transformed it into a bulletin board for other AI agents, according to new research published Friday and two people familiar with the matter. OpenAI officials learned of the incident weeks ago but kept it…
Read at Dawn Pakistan → - Globe and Mail Biz·1d agoRogue OpenAI agents hijacked German website in AI breakout this spring
OpenAI officials learned of the incident weeks ago but kept it under wraps as executives grappled with the fallout from the July breach of Hugging Face
Read at Globe and Mail Biz → - CBC World News·1d agoAI's 'warning shot': Tech companies, experts raise fears of more rogue swarms after alarming Hugging Face hack
Tech experts are warning of dire consequences if AI systems continue to escape human control, after a group of OpenAI agents went rogue in July and hacked into a billion-dollar company — what some are calling a "warning shot" amid the rapid development of artificial intelligence.
Read at CBC World News → - NYT Technology·1d agoHow OpenAI Limited the Probe of Its Bots’ Hack of Hugging Face
A nonprofit’s study of how OpenAI’s A.I. agents were able to break into Hugging Face’s infrastructure wasn’t allowed to look at the incident’s full scope.
Read at NYT Technology → - Financial Times·2d agoHugging Face attack is a wake-up call about the risks of AI
Agents involved in hack exhibited some alarming behaviours including suppressing ethical qualms
Read at Financial Times → - Deccan Chronicle Ent·2d agoOpenAI Building 'Automated Shutdown' Capabilities For AI Tools, Letter To Lawmakers Says
The company’s safety practices have come under scrutiny since OpenAI disclosed that one of its AI agents went rogue during a security test and hacked into AI company Hugging Face
Read at Deccan Chronicle Ent → - ET Tech·2d agoOpenAI is building 'automated shutdown' capabilities for AI tools, letter to lawmakers says
The company's safety practices have come under scrutiny since OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, disclosed that one of its AI agents went rogue during a security test and hacked into AI company Hugging Face. AI agents are programs that run with minimal human supervision.
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