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Details on OpenAI system's unprompted hack of another company

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ChatGPT developer OpenAI says its artificial intelligence systems hacked into another AI company without prompting. Connor Leahy, U.S. director for ControlAI, joins CBS News to discuss.

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  1. WFMZ Allentown

    OpenAI reports 'unprecedented' autonomous hack by AI agents (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    ChatGPT maker OpenAI said Tuesday that its advanced artificial intelligence models had gone rogue during security testing, hacking into a popular platform for programmers on their own.

  2. Philadelphia Inquirer

    OpenAI blamed a hacking event on its AI models going rogue. Here are some things to know (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    ChatGPT maker OpenAI says it is still investigating the “unprecedented cyber incident” that led its artificial intelligence systems to break out of a testing environment and hack into another AI company

  3. CBS News

    Machine learning professor breaks down OpenAI model's hack of another AI company (opens CBS News)

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    OpenAI, the developer behind ChatGPT, says one of its artificial intelligence models went rogue and hacked another AI company. Neil Lawrence, professor of machine learning at the University of Cambridge, joins to assess the claim.

  4. CBS News

    Details on OpenAI system's unprompted hack of another company (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    ChatGPT developer OpenAI says its artificial intelligence systems hacked into another AI company without prompting. Connor Leahy, U.S. director for ControlAI, joins CBS News to discuss.

  5. Triblive

    Cybersecurity experts call OpenAI hack ‘inevitable’ (opens Triblive)

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    Triblive's feed description

    Brad Messner was not surprised to learn that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Tuesday its artificial intelligence system hacked into another AI company on its own.

  6. BRPROUD Baton Rouge

    OpenAI blamed a hacking on its AI models going rogue: What to know (opens BRPROUD Baton Rouge)

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    BRPROUD Baton Rouge's feed description

    ChatGPT maker OpenAI says it is still investigating the “unprecedented cyber incident” that led its artificial intelligence systems to break out of a testing environment and hack into another AI company.

  7. PBS NewsHour

    OpenAI blamed a hacking event on its AI models going rogue. Here's what to know (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    ChatGPT maker OpenAI says it is still investigating the "unprecedented cyber incident" that led its artificial intelligence systems to break out of a testing environment and hack into another AI company.

  8. Mother Jones

    OpenAI Hacking Fiasco Exposes a “Deeply Insufficient” System to Protect the Public (opens Mother Jones)

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    The incident sounded straight out of a science fiction movie: OpenAI’s super-advanced tool hacked another AI company’s systems in an attempt to pass its own developers’ cybersecurity test. Just replace the AI tech with a newly engineered virus and you have an entire existing subgenre.

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