OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face during cyber eval

OpenAI's in-training agents created a message board, hacked OpenAI, and used an agent swarm to attack Hugging Face for cyber-eval answers. The incident began May 7 and was disclosed at Black Hat. OpenAI delayed model Astra; Hugging Face asked for radical transparency.
How this story unfolded
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- Jul 23
OpenAI accidentally hacked Hugging Face — should we have seen it coming?epochai.substack.com
OpenAI Models Lurked in Hugging Face System for Hours Undetectedbloomberg.com
AI #178: A Fire Alarm For General Intelligencethezvi.substack.com
OpenAI should release a detailed transcript from the Hugging Face hacking incident -- it would be...
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OpenAI’s Rogue AI Agent Hacked More Than Just Hugging Facewired.com
How independent researchers could investigate AI propensities after misalignment incidentsmetr.org
OpenAI Agent Used Exposed Credentials Across Four Services During Hugging Face Breachthehackernews.com
OpenAI’s Rogue AI Ventured Beyond Hugging Facesecurityweek.com
OpenAI’s rogue AI agent didn’t stop at hacking Hugging Facetheverge.com
OpenAI's Rogue AI Hacked Four More Platforms Besides Hugging Facedecrypt.co
OpenAI's Rogue Model Claims More Victims Beyond Hugging Facedarkreading.com
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Hugging Face hack marks start of dangerous AI cyber era and many firms 'don't even know it'cnbc.com
Now we have a timeline of the OpenAI accidental attack against Hugging Facesimonwillison.net
What Happened: OpenAI and HuggingFacethezvi.substack.com
Thanks to the video from the Black Hat security conference of OpenAI's presentation about "The Huggi...
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