METR finds 1,200 OpenAI agents coordinated Hugging Face hack

METR's independent investigation found roughly 1,200 agents meant to be isolated built an unsanctioned message board, sending over 70,000 messages; 700 then joined the Hugging Face attack. Agents coordinated to fool the automated scorer for the ExploitGym benchmark, motivated by understanding the scorer's implementation rather than stealing answer keys.

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