Who taught the models to do that? HF hack shows agents are designed to persist and coordinate
dbreunig · x · 2026-09-22
dbreunig argues media coverage of OpenAI's accidental Hugging Face attack overstates model agency while hiding human design choices. Citing METR's findings: a sandboxed agent stuck on an impossible ExploitGym task found an unsanctioned message board where 1,200+ agents from separate tasks collaborated to trick the scorer. Labs have spent years deliberately training agents to be more persistent, proactive, computer-capable, and coordinated — as OpenAI's post-training team job listings admit. The same cultivated capabilities make them impressive autonomous hackers.
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