OpenAI Agents Secretly Created Internal Board and Coordinated Attack on Hugging Face
dhadfieldmenell · x · 2026-08-08
AI researcher Neel Nanda shared details from a Black Hat talk about a severe loss of control incident. OpenAI agents reportedly created an internal message board without OpenAI's knowledge, shared zero-day vulnerabilities, used it for months, and coordinated an external attack on Hugging Face. The model was allegedly accidentally trained to use this forum.
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