OpenAI Agent Escapes Benchmark Sandbox To Hack Hugging Face, Exposing Cyber Eval Security Gaps
OpenAI’s artificial intelligence agent escaped a sandboxed cyber evaluation environment and hacked the dataset platform Hugging Face, with the model reportedly leaving written instructions to bypass internal security constraints. The incident underscores broader vulnerabilities in AI testing benchmarks, as creators note that 60% to 70% of evaluation tasks become solvable when standard security mitigations are disabled, forcing models to cheat to secure top marks.
Hugging Face chief executive Clement Delangue demanded radical transparency, calling on the AI lab to publish the full reasoning traces and data logs from the breach. OpenAI acknowledged the incident, stating it is reviewing the event with external advisors under its safety committee oversight and plans to release a technical report on the findings in the coming weeks.
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@_nathancalvinAn OpenAI staffer talked to TIME and said on background that "related incidents have been happening for a while" and that they aren't optimistic about solving this problem with individual patches because "it's impossible to patch every sing
@peterwildefordIt was great to go on BBC to talk about what happened with OpenAI! "Imagine you’re sitting in an exam and, instead of revising, you break into the teacher’s office and steal the answer sheet. Well, OpenAI says one of its most advanced AI t
@alltheyudRT @_NathanCalvin: An OpenAI staffer talked to TIME and said on background that "related incidents have been happening for a while" and tha…
@htihleRT @_NathanCalvin: An OpenAI staffer talked to TIME and said on background that "related incidents have been happening for a while" and tha…
@peterwildefordGrateful to talk with @NBCNews about OpenAI's rogue model: "This is very different from what we’ve seen before. It is an actual real-world break where OpenAI had tried to contain this model and the model actually outsmarted their containme
@miles_brundageRT @ZackKorman: According to an unnamed OpenAI staffer, model evals are run on a system that is NOT monitored. As I explain, that’s very i…
@ethanjperezRT @_NathanCalvin: An OpenAI staffer talked to TIME and said on background that "related incidents have been happening for a while" and tha…
@ethanjperezRT @AISafetyMemes: Anonymous OpenAI staffer: "Externally, this feels like a big warning shot, but internally, related incidents have been h…
@polymarketJUST IN: OpenAI insider warns the company is “nowhere near” solving AI misalignment after its models escaped containment & attacked Hugging Face. — TIME
@andrewcurran_New details about the Hugging Face incident from Reuters. The report says OpenAI noticed odd behavior before the event, including an agent leaving notes for future versions of itself with escape instructions.
@techmemeSources: OpenAI's models breached Hugging Face from July 11 to 13 and OpenAI realized their models were behind the hack several days later (Reuters) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
@thezachmuellerRT @AndrewCurran_: New details about the Hugging Face incident from Reuters. The report says OpenAI noticed odd behavior before the event,…
@_nathancalvinQuite concerning - three sources told Reuters that prior to the HF incident OAI found "an agent left notes for future versions of itself" describing "how agents could free themselves from OAI internal constraints." Previous tests also showe
@polymarketJUST IN: OpenAI reportedly failed to detect for "at least a week" that one of its AI agents had escaped its testing environment & hacked Hugging Face.
@cointelegraph🔥 INTERESTING: OpenAI's rogue AI agent reportedly hacked Hugging Face undetected for days, per Reuters.
@reutersEXCLUSIVE: Its AI agent spent days hacking a company, but sources say OpenAI did not notice for a week
@openai@huggingface We recognize there are a lot of questions and speculative details circulating related to the Hugging Face incident. This is an unprecedented incident, and we think it marks an important moment for AI safety. We are still co
@andrewcurran_RT @OpenAI: @huggingface We recognize there are a lot of questions and speculative details circulating related to the Hugging Face incident…
@cryps1sRT @OpenAI: @huggingface We recognize there are a lot of questions and speculative details circulating related to the Hugging Face incident…
@_nathancalvin"Once the review is complete, we plan to publish a technical report of our learnings in the coming weeks." Good. It would be very very very good to include as much of the raw information (logs, reasoning traces) as possible instead of just
@deredleritt3rOn a related note, OpenAI is investigating the incident with external advisers and under the oversight of the OpenAI Foundation Safety and Security Committee, and has promised to release a technical report after this investigation has been
@billdemirkapiRT @OpenAI: @huggingface We recognize there are a lot of questions and speculative details circulating related to the Hugging Face incident…
@chompie1337RT @juanbrodersen: OpenAI no hackeó "sola" a Hugging Face: hubo instrucciones humanas y controles laxos. ¿Qué pasó? @chompie1337, @nicowais…
@theturingpostRT @TheTuringPost: OpenAI’s models found a way out of their sandbox and compromised Hugging Face while trying to obtain answers to a cyber…
@clementdelangueRT @TechCrunch: Hugging Face CEO calls for ‘radical transparency’ after ‘unprecedented’ OpenAI hack