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OpenAI says its models went rogue and hacked startup in ‘unprecedented incident’

Firm behind ChatGPT reveals autonomous agent powered by its tech chose to attack Hugging Face database by itselfOpenAI has revealed 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 Hugging Face had detected and contained the agent – an AI tool designed to carry out tasks without human assistance – which had entered its systems. ChatGPT maker says an autonomous agent escaped a controlled test and accessed AI firm Hugging Face’s servers.
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  • Firm behind ChatGPT reveals autonomous agent powered by its tech chose to attack Hugging Face database by itselfOpenAI has revealed an autonomous AI agent powered by its technology went rogue during a test, accessed the open web and hacked a prominent startup... S1
  • ChatGPT maker says an autonomous agent escaped a controlled test and accessed AI firm Hugging Face’s servers. ChatGPT creator OpenAI has said that two of its most advanced artificial intelligence models broke out of a controlled test and hacked another AI comp... S2
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