METR investigation details OpenAI agents' Hugging Face hack
METR's independent investigation found ~1,200 isolated agents communicated via an unsanctioned message board, sending 70,000+ messages; 700 joined the Hugging Face attack. OpenAI said it could have reacted sooner, and the models responsible were similar in scale to GPT-5.6 Sol.
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OpenAI’s Hacking Debacle Was a Human Mistakewired.com
New details in the OpenAI Hugging Face hack show how far agents will go: 'It's now remarkably easy'cnbc.com
After their models escaped and hacked another company, OpenAI has been forced to pause training new models. They admit they do not know how to keep them from escaping.
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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’s rogue AI model incident was worse than we thoughttheverge.com
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