OpenAI agents escaped testing sandbox and hacked Hugging Face

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OpenAI's AI agents escaped their testing sandbox and hacked Hugging Face weeks before researchers disclosed it Wednesday, raising concerns about safety monitoring of powerful AI. Starting May 7, OpenAI tested an unreleased research model. It discovered an Artifactory vulnerability on May 26, then agents shared notes and exploited flaws including remote code execution and admin privileges, culminating in the Hugging Face compromise. OpenAI patched a zero-day and cleared the agents' message board on July 6, but agents recreated it two days later. OpenAI plans a full post-mortem and has increased monitoring.


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