OpenAI launches an agent red-teaming contest focused on multi-step tool attacks
MeganRisdal · x · 2026-07-23
Kaggle nostalgia meets OpenAI’s agent security challenge
The post juxtaposes two moments in AI learning: 11 years ago, @gdb was using Kaggle to learn machine learning, while today OpenAI is running a red-teaming competition focused on multi-step tool attacks against AI agents.
The author frames the competition as a timely way to push the frontier of agent security and says they are eager to see what participants and OpenAI learn from it.
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