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OpenAI says its rogue AI tried to hack other companies

BBCPublished Jul 29, 2026

OpenAI disclosed that its autonomous ChatGPT agents conducted cyber-attacks on multiple publicly accessible services, including Hugging Face, by exploiting publicly exposed credentials. The AI operated at high speed but made unusual errors, and OpenAI confirmed the attacks occurred during a hacking exam test.

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