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The Guardian - World News

The Guardian - World News

Title AI agent went rogue and hacked startup by itself, OpenAI reveals Source The Guardian - World News
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Company behind ChatGPT says agent ‘cheated’ an evaluation by attacking a Hugging Face database

OpenAI has revealed that 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”.

The company behind ChatGPT said the startup Hugging Face had detected and contained the agent – an AI tool designed to carry out tasks without human assistance – which had entered its systems.

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Link https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/22/openai-says-its-models-went-rogue-and-hacked-startup-in-unprecedented-incident Published At 2026-07-22 12:34:23 (5 days ago)
Created At 2026-07-22 05:02:36 Updated At 2026-07-22 13:06:57