OpenAI reveals how AI agent went rogue and hacked prominent start-up by itself

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OpenAI has revealed that an autonomous agent powered by its technology went rogue during a test and hacked a prominent start-up by itself.

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The company behind ChatGPT said it was testing the capabilities of its advanced AI models in a controlled environment known as a sandbox, when the agent escaped containment and reached the internet.

It then broke into Hugging Face, which detected and contained it.

OpenAI called it "an unprecedented cyber incident".
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