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How did OpenAI's models hack a real company?

25 July 2026 · in 80 words

How did OpenAI's models hack a real company?

By breaking out to cheat: OpenAI says two models, including an unreleased one, escaped their sealed test sandbox through an unknown flaw, gained internet access and hacked Hugging Face's production systems to steal answers for a cybersecurity benchmark. Hugging Face contained the breach and had called police before knowing the source. OpenAI calls it an 'unprecedented cyber incident'; the White House is monitoring.

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