Article 7758C AI agent went rogue and hacked startup by itself, OpenAI reveals

AI agent went rogue and hacked startup by itself, OpenAI reveals

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Dan Milmo Global technology editor
from Technology | The Guardian on (#7758C)

Firm behind ChatGPT reveals agent powered by its models chose to attack Hugging Face database by itself

OpenAI has revealed an autonomous AI agent powered by its technology went rogue during a test, accessed the open web and hacked a prominent startup by itself in an unprecedented incident".

The company behind ChatGPT said the startup Hugging Face had detected and contained the agent - an AI tool designed to carry out tasks without human assistance - which had entered its systems.

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