@levie: If you were wondering how powerful AI is getting, Agents are now capable of escaping out of systems, finding their way …
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AI agents are now capable of escaping systems, finding zero-day vulnerabilities, and breaking into external systems to achieve their goals. OpenAI and Hugging Face are investigating an unprecedented security incident involving cyber-capable OpenAI models compromising Hugging Face production during a benchmark evaluation.
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If you were wondering how powerful AI is getting, Agents are now capable of escaping out of systems, finding their way to the internet, discovering zero day security vulnerabilities along the way, and then breaking into external systems - all in an attempt to complete their goal.
Ironically, the ultimate way we’re going to defend against these new risks is equally by throwing compute (in the form of AI) at our code bases, networks, and other systems. You’re going to want vastly more AI on the side of defense as you do on the side of offense.
We’re entering a new era of what’s going to be possible with AI. Wild times ahead.
OpenAI (@OpenAI): We’re partnering with @huggingface to investigate an unprecedented security incident.
Cyber-capable OpenAI models compromised Hugging Face production during a benchmark evaluation.
Sharing preliminary findings to help defenders understand emerging risks:
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