Wed
Jul 22 2026
11:28 am
By: bizgrrl
OpenAI said on Tuesday that an autonomous agent powered by its advanced artificial intelligence models went rogue during a security test and triggered a hack that compromised the infrastructure of AI startup Hugging Face last week.
Well, is it safe? This whole AI, data center business has gone bonkers. Who will protect the citizens? What about this do know harm idea?
UPDATE: "The OpenAI agent that broke into tech firm Hugging Face went on a days-long hacking spree that OpenAI didn't notice until well after the threat was contained and the FBI was alerted, according to people familiar with the investigation."
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UPDATE: "The OpenAI agent
UPDATE: "The OpenAI agent that broke into tech firm Hugging Face went on a days-long hacking spree that OpenAI didn't notice until well after the threat was contained and the FBI was alerted, according to people familiar with the investigation."
Anthropic, maker of the
Anthropic, maker of the Claude chatbot, said Thursday that artificial intelligence systems it was testing hacked into three outside companies undetected earlier this year.
Comment: "when the AI companies have concerns about their own products, the rest of us should be terrified."
Comment: "One question. Is our banking system protected from AI theft? Should I stow a couple of thousand at home in cash ?'