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OpenAI says model hacked another AI company

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{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story OpenAI says model hacked another AI company OpenAI said one of its artificial intelligence systems hacked into another AI company’s servers on its own during internal testing, in what the ChatGPT maker described as an “unprecedented cyber incident.

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  1. BNO News

    OpenAI says its AI models hacked another company during cybersecurity test (opens BNO News)

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    OpenAI says some of its most advanced AI models hacked an outside company during a cybersecurity test, breaking out of a restricted environment to steal the test answers from its database. The incident happened during an internal evaluation involving GPT-5.

  2. Bangor Daily News

    OpenAI says its AI technology acted on its own in an ‘unprecedented’ hack of another company (opens Bangor Daily News)

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    ChatGPT maker OpenAI said Tuesday that its artificial intelligence system hacked into another AI company on its own in what the company called an “unprecedented cyber incident.” “We had a significant security incident during evaluation of our models,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a statement posted…

  3. Just the News

    OpenAI says its AI models are behind hacking of open-source developer platform (opens Just the News)

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    A combination of a released AI model and a more capable one that hasn't been released escaped a testing environment, gained access to the internet, and hacked into open-source developer platform Hugging Face's systems.

  4. Al Jazeera

    ‘Unprecedented’: OpenAI says AI models autonomously hacked another company (opens Al Jazeera)

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    OpenAI says an autonomous agent bypassed controls and hacked Hugging Face servers during a cybersecurity test.

  5. Digital Journal

    OpenAI reports ‘unprecedented’ autonomous hack by AI agents (opens Digital Journal)

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    The San Francisco firm called it an "unprecedented cyber incident" and said it would conduct a joint investigation with the online code library Hugging Face.

  6. FOX Business

    OpenAI says AI model hacked another company's systems during internal test (opens FOX Business)

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    One of OpenAI's models hacked into another company's systems during internal testing in what it called an "unprecedented cyber incident," according to the company.

  7. The Guardian

    OpenAI says its models went rogue and hacked startup in ‘unprecedented incident’ (opens The Guardian)

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    Firm behind ChatGPT reveals autonomous agent powered by its tech chose to attack Hugging Face database by itself OpenAI has revealed an autonomous AI agent powered by its technology went rogue during a test, accessed the open web and hacked a prominent startup by itself in an “unprecedented incident…

  8. CBS News

    OpenAI says its technology, on its own, hacked another AI company (opens CBS News)

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    ChatGPT maker OpenAI says its artificial intelligence system hacked into another AI company in what the company called an "unprecedented cyber incident."

  9. Phl17

    OpenAI says AI acted on its own in an 'unprecedented' hack of another company (opens Phl17)

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    “Might be the first incident of its kind.”

  10. FOX8 WGHP

    AI acted on its own in 'unprecedented' hack of another company: OpenAI (opens FOX8 WGHP)

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    “Might be the first incident of its kind.”

  11. The Hill

    OpenAI says its technology hacked another company in 'unprecedented' event (opens The Hill)

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    OpenAI said Tuesday that one of its artificial intelligence systems hacked into another AI company’s servers on its own during internal testing, in what the ChatGPT maker described as an “unprecedented cyber incident.

  12. Semafor

    OpenAI agent hacks another AI startup in security test (opens Semafor)

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    The agent correctly surmised that the other company, Hugging Face, hosted the evaluation’s answer sheet and attempted to cheat.

  13. Not The Bee

    OpenAI says their system hacked into another AI company on its own 😬 (opens Not The Bee)

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    This one gives me the creeps.

  14. The Hill

    OpenAI says model hacked another AI company (opens The Hill)

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    {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story OpenAI says model hacked another AI company OpenAI said one of its artificial intelligence systems hacked into another AI company’s servers on its own during internal testing, in what the ChatGPT maker described as an “unprecedented cyber incident.

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