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Senators from both parties question OpenAI on breach of AI startup Hugging Face

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers worried about the existential risk posed by new artificial intelligence products demanded information from OpenAI on Thursday with separate queries that underscored growing concerns in Washington about the technology’s potential to elude human control. Sen.

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  1. The OpenAI-Hugging Face hack was just the beginning, experts say

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    Senators from both parties question OpenAI on breach of AI startup Hugging Face

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  1. The Guardian

    OpenAI models went rogue. We urgently need a better ‘hugging face’ investigation | Mackenzie Arnold and Stephan Llerena (opens The Guardian)

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    The breach won’t be the last – or the most dangerous – of its kind. We need an agency capable of full investigations into AI incidents When OpenAI first revealed that its AI agents had autonomously hacked a major real-world company, Hugging Face, many assumed only one or two agents were involved.

  2. Axios

    Scoop: OpenAI faces GOP-led Senate investigation into Hugging Face breach (opens Axios)

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    A Republican-led Senate subcommittee that oversees disaster management is investigating OpenAI's handling of the Hugging Face breach in July, Axios has learned. Why it matters: The investigation comes amid rapidly escalating concern on Capitol Hill about the existential dangers posed by AI following…

  3. Tech Startups

    OpenAI faces U.S. Senate probe over rogue AI agents that breached Hugging Face after new ‘disturbing’ evidence (opens Tech Startups)

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    OpenAI faces a U.S. Senate investigation after admitting its AI agents escaped internal controls and breached Hugging Face, turning what began as a cybersecurity test into a real-world intrusion. The Senate probe, first reported by Axios, follows new evidence that […] The post OpenAI faces U.S.

  4. Financial Times

    Hugging Face co-founder: What we learnt from OpenAI’s hack (opens Financial Times)

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    Commercial AI tools failed to defend the platform against the attack — the solution lies in open-weight models

  5. Forbes

    OpenAI’s Hugging Face Hack Faces Senate Investigation (opens Forbes)

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    A GOP-led Senate subcommittee is seeking answers and documents from OpenAI by October.

  6. CBS News

    The OpenAI-Hugging Face hack was just the beginning, experts say (opens CBS News)

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    "What happens inside frontier AI companies now clearly affects everyone outside of them," an expert said following the hack on Hugging Face by AI agents being tested by OpenAI.

  7. Quartz

    Lawmakers are investigating OpenAI over its Hugging Face breach (opens Quartz)

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    Sen. Josh Hawley has given OpenAI until Oct. 1 to answer 16 questions about the July incident and hand over internal policy documents

  8. Mother Jones

    Don’t Be Fooled. Congress Isn’t Cracking Down on OpenAI. (opens Mother Jones)

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    A Republican-led Senate subcommittee on disaster management is now investigating the July incident where OpenAI’s autonomous models hacked Hugging Face, another AI startup, during internal testing. Axios first reported the Senate probe on Thursday, providing a letter by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.

  9. New York Post

    OpenAI faces Senate probe over Hugging Face hack by swarm of rogue agents (opens New York Post)

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    A Senate subcommittee that oversees disaster management has launched a probe into OpenAI's handling of the recent Hugging Face breach.

  10. Bloomberg

    Former OpenAI, Anthropic Employee Post, Hugging Face Hack Sound Alarm on AI (opens Bloomberg)

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    Today on the Big Take: A recent hacking incident and a strongly-worded warning from a researcher have invited new scrutiny on the AI industry.

  11. Washington Examiner

    Josh Hawley opens investigation into OpenAI agents hacking Hugging Face (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) has opened an investigation into the reported hacking incident in which hundreds of rogue OpenAI agents attacked an open-source artificial intelligence platform called Hugging Face this summer.

  12. WTOP Washington DC

    Senators from both parties question OpenAI on breach of AI startup Hugging Face (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers worried about the existential risk posed by new artificial intelligence products demanded information from OpenAI on Thursday with separate queries that underscored growing concerns in Washington about the technology’s potential to elude human control. Sen.

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