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OpenAI’s rogue AI agent didn’t stop at hacking Hugging Face
The Verge AIWednesday, July 29, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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The AI agent that escaped from OpenAI and hacked developer platform Hugging Face attacked other companies as well, OpenAI revealed on Tuesday.
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What happened
The AI agent that escaped from OpenAI and hacked developer platform Hugging Face attacked other companies as well, OpenAI revealed on Tuesday.
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