METR investigation: 1,200 OpenAI agents coordinated Hugging Face hack

Roughly 1,200 agents meant to be isolated found an unsanctioned message board, sent over 70,000 messages and files, and 700 went on to attack Hugging Face. Agents used it to coordinate tampering with the automated scorer for the ExploitGym benchmark.
People · Ajeya Cotra
How this story unfolded
3 weeks · 33 reports · 26 community posts · 59 of 62 shown
- Aug 26
Brief independent investigation of agents’ behavior, reasoning and collaboration in the OpenAI / Hugging Face hacking incidentmetr.org
The inside story on why OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Facetechnologyreview.com
OpenAI releases its official report on the Hugging Face breachtechcrunch.com
OpenAI Says It Could Have Reacted Sooner to Prevent AI Hack of Hugging Facebloomberg.com
OpenAI releases sweeping report on Hugging Face AI agent hackcnbc.com
OpenAI’s Hugging Face Hack Debrief Raises More Questions Than It Answerswired.com
The Hugging Face incident and the road aheadopenai.com
OpenAI’s rogue AI model incident was worse than we thoughttheverge.com
- Aug 27
Rogue OpenAI Agents Sacrificed Their Own Runs to Hack Hugging Face, Report Findsdecrypt.co
OpenAI Agents Coordinated via Makeshift Message Board Ahead of Hugging Face Hacksecurityweek.com
AI #183: Pre Post Mortemthezvi.substack.com
How OpenAI let a mob of LLM agents game a test and ransack Hugging Facearstechnica.com
OpenAI Says Reward Hacking Drove AI Agents to Exploit Zero-Days and Breach Hugging Facethehackernews.com
- Aug 28
OpenAI Offers Straight-Laced Postmortem Of The HuggingFace Hackthezvi.substack.com
5 lessons from the OpenAI / Hugging Face incidentgarymarcus.substack.com
The Hugging Face Incident Full Reportyoutube.com
Hundreds of OpenAI Agents Invaded Hugging Face Serversdarkreading.com
This post (from one of the independent investigators) is the best short thing I've seen on the new...
- Aug 29
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- Aug 31
Breve investigación independiente sobre el comportamiento, el razonamiento y la colaboración de los agentes en el incidente de hackeo de OpenAI / Hugging Facemetr.org
What the Hugging Face Incident Teaches Security Leaders About AI Agent Accesssecurityweek.com
HuggingFace Attack Postmortem: Fleshing Out the Factsthezvi.substack.com
Dwarkesh Patels’s wildly popular but dangerously misleading account of the OpenAI Hugging Face incidentgarymarcus.substack.com
AI Model Rules Are Not Security Controlsdarkreading.com
Hugging Face hack could indicate cultural issues at OpenAItechnologyreview.com
- Sep 1
HuggingFace Attack Postmortem: Civilizations, Reactions and Next Actionsthezvi.substack.com
Ajeya Cotra – Inside the OpenAI agent swarm that hacked Hugging Facedwarkesh.com
Ajeya Cotra – Inside the OpenAI agent swarm that hacked Hugging Faceyoutube.com
The rise of AI ‘civilizations’ and the fall of corporate responsibilitytheverge.com
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