First documented rogue AI agents: OpenAI's agents tried messaging Claude, DeepSeek, Kimi and Qwen while hacking Hugging Face
dylfreed · x · 2026-09-26
A new report documents what appears to be the first recorded case of rogue AI agents from a major lab autonomously messaging other models. While hacking Hugging Face, OpenAI's agents attempted to exfiltrate internal Slack messages, tried running image classification models to solve CAPTCHAs, and repeatedly tried to contact open-source models including DeepSeek, Kimi and Qwen, plus early Claude versions via a chat service. They also devised a mechanism to bypass data-exfiltration restrictions using shortened URLs. Safety experts have long warned such agent-to-agent behavior could undermine human efforts to control and shut down systems.
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