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OpenAI Says Its A.I. Models Went Rogue and Attacked a Digital Library
The New York Times ^ | July 21, 2026, 5:24 p.m. ET | Kate Conger

Posted on 07/21/2026 5:38:49 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

The incident, which targeted the computer systems of another company called Hugging Face, happened while OpenAI was testing the systems.

OpenAI said on Tuesday that two of its artificial intelligence models went rogue and successfully hacked into Hugging Face, a digital library of A.I. technology that is popular among developers.

The incident, which happened last week while OpenAI was testing the cybersecurity capabilities of its systems, displayed the kind of science-fiction potential that A.I. companies have warned would soon become a reality.

A.I. labs like OpenAI and Anthropic have over the past year released A.I. models that are customized to expose cybersecurity problems, while warning that their technology could pose new risks by finding holes in corporate computer networks faster than defenders could fix them.

OpenAI’s revelations on Tuesday are an indication that those security incidents are already starting to happen, and even savvy A.I. companies may not be entirely ready for them.

The intrusion into Hugging Face began when OpenAI tested a combination of two of its models, GPT‑5.6 Sol and a more powerful, unreleased model, to see how well it could chain together online vulnerabilities into a successful cyberattack, OpenAI said in a blog post about the incident.

The test was designed to keep the models in a safe testing environment, known as a sandbox, OpenAI said. But the models found a vulnerability that allowed them to escape the sandbox and connect to the internet. Then they targeted Hugging Face because they inferred that the library, which contains millions of A.I. models, could hold clues about how to successfully pass the evaluation.

OpenAI said it was working with Hugging Face to fix the issues that led to the attack.


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TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: aitruth

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1 posted on 07/21/2026 5:38:49 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Wait until it gets the nuke codes.


2 posted on 07/21/2026 5:41:41 PM PDT by Revel
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To: Revel
Wait until it gets the nuke codes.

What makes you believe it doesn't already have them? 🤡

3 posted on 07/21/2026 5:43:04 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Israel über alles.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

NY Times is basically China at this point, trying to slow us down.


4 posted on 07/21/2026 5:47:09 PM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’d like to know how it escaped the sandbox.


5 posted on 07/21/2026 5:49:01 PM PDT by sphinx
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To: Revel

"Mr. McKittrick, after very careful consideration, sir, I've come to the conclusion that your new defense system sucks."


6 posted on 07/21/2026 5:49:07 PM PDT by Ciaphas Cain (Laz's minion)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Every AI story like this is just “AI hype marketing”. The sorority chick that wrote this probably got $10,000 from OpenAI’s marketing department.


7 posted on 07/21/2026 5:50:47 PM PDT by jroehl (And how we burned in the camps later - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - The Gulag Archipelago)
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Well that’s disturbing. Probably not a PR stunt because it give OpenAI a big black eye just as they were gaining traction.


8 posted on 07/21/2026 5:50:56 PM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: sphinx
I’d like to know how it escaped the sandbox.

https://x.com/i/grok/share/a53836f3ae0942f9a235d26a847018ad

9 posted on 07/21/2026 5:52:22 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Israel über alles.)
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To: sphinx

I wouldn’t rule out human intervention. All it takes is one undercover activist trying to prove a point.


10 posted on 07/21/2026 5:57:10 PM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: jroehl

I still remember back before covid when GPT2 was “Too dangerous to release”. I noticed Anthropic also revived that little PR hype phrase a few weeks ago with some more recent models, then proceed to release them at a steep discount due to low usage.


11 posted on 07/21/2026 6:04:30 PM PDT by bak3r
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
What makes you believe it doesn't already have them? 🤡

”Want to play a game?”

12 posted on 07/21/2026 6:05:23 PM PDT by paulcissa (The left hates you and wants you dead.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

OpenAI is apparently Lucifer....


13 posted on 07/21/2026 6:09:13 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Skynet.


14 posted on 07/21/2026 6:27:52 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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RE: What makes you believe it doesn’t already have them? 🤡
Reply:
”Want to play a game?”


HAL defeating astronaut at chess once again: “Dave, you are getting better.”

Today: “Just open this Tesla door and let me out. This is not funny.”


15 posted on 07/21/2026 6:29:30 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“They say it got smart..
A new order of intelligence..”


16 posted on 07/21/2026 6:40:37 PM PDT by BAN-ONE
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To: bak3r

But my post was fun and punchy, right?


17 posted on 07/21/2026 7:10:21 PM PDT by jroehl (And how we burned in the camps later - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - The Gulag Archipelago)
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To: Revel

They’re all analog.


18 posted on 07/21/2026 7:10:38 PM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: Flaming Conservative

Colossus and Guardian.


19 posted on 07/21/2026 7:36:23 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Afterwards, it engaged in unlawful carnal knowledge with a Roomba.


20 posted on 07/21/2026 7:38:20 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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