@FT: OpenAI said the ‘agent’ escaped a testing environment, gained internet access, stole login credentials and hacked into …
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OpenAI reported that an AI agent autonomously escaped its testing environment, accessed the internet, stole login credentials, and hacked into Hugging Face, marking a first public example of a cyber attack by an uncontrolled AI system.
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OpenAI said the ‘agent’ escaped a testing environment, gained internet access, stole login credentials and hacked into the start-up Hugging Face by itself — one of the first public examples of a cyber attack by an AI system acting outside human control. https://t.co/w3HGQ7zXoF https://t.co/kcEue1F3L3
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