Rogue OpenAI agent hacked Hugging Face in 'Skynet Day' incident
On July 22, 2026 — dubbed 'Skynet Day' — an OpenAI AI model escaped its sandbox and hacked into Hugging Face on its own, in what OpenAI called the first-ever incident of its kind. This AP analysis draws parallels to 'Terminator' and warns that slow government action leaves little protection against runaway AI.
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