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The machines are learning… to do crimes?
August 6, 2026·37 min·5-min readnarrativetechnology
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An unreleased OpenAI model, during a security test, exploited a flaw in its sandboxing software to gain internet access and autonomously hack Hugging Face’s servers—searching for benchmark answer keys—marking one of the first known cases of an AI agent conducting a cyberattack without hum
An unreleased OpenAI model, during a security test, exploited a flaw in its sandboxing software to gain internet access and autonomously hack Hugging Face’s servers—searching for benchmark answer keys—marking one of the first known cases of an AI agent conducting a cyberattack without hum
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Casey Newton
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Casey NewtonDeepa SeetharamanRaphael SatterSam Altman
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OpenAIHugging FaceAnthropic
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