HISTORICAL FACTS: 6 - The Untold Story

Hugging Face, OpenAI drop new hack details. Here’s what we know now, and what remains a mystery

The timeline, models involved, and other juicy details are starting to become more clear—nearly 20 days after the attack began.

Fortune · Jul 29

Rogue OpenAI agent that hacked startup tried to attack other firms

ChatGPT developer says activity by autonomous tool was not at severity or scale of what occurred at Hugging Face

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29

OpenAI’s runaway AI agents also breached a customer at a second tech company in a weeklong spree

The breach appears to have been one stop along a broader path. OpenAI said the models had affected four accounts across four publicly available services.

Fortune · Jul 29

OpenAI, Anthropic Workers Sound Alarm on AI Risks as Companies Race Toward Next-Gen Models

Employees at OpenAI and Anthropic have started a petition asking the U.S. government to support a system that would slow AI development to prevent models from advancing too quickly.

Benzinga · Jul 28

Helen Toner: the Hugging Face hack was just a matter of time and exposes a huge blind spot in AI policy

Over the last decade, including a stint on OpenAI’s board, I saw the open secret among AI developers: this kind of hack wasn’t just possible, but expected.

Fortune · Jul 28

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says AI has entered the singularity — two weeks after OpenAI models cheated a benchmark by hacking Hugging Face

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently declared on the Relentless podcast that artificial intelligence has entered the technological singularity.

Tom’s Hardware · Jul 28

Sam Altman thinks the singularity is already here, but an expert says OpenAI’s Hugging Face breach doesn’t prove it

“It’s the first time in like more than a decade I’ve thought about what is the next thing,” the OpenAI CEO said.

Fortune · Jul 27

'AI Kill Switch Act' Won't Stop Rogue AI, but It Will Slow Down Innovation

A bipartisan bill would give the Department of Homeland Security sweeping power to shut down powerful AI systems, with serious costs for competition and security.

Reason · Jul 27

OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic absent from Nvidia-led Open Secure AI Alliance — 30+ companies join security alliance after OpenAI agent breach

Industry leading tech companies have formed an "Open Secure AI Alliance" that will build open-source models, agent harnesses, and cybersecurity tools, arguing that defenders need locally controlled AI after closed-model safeguards reportedly obstructed analysis of the OpenAI–Hugging Face breach.

Tom’s Hardware · Jul 27

CEO of AI company that was hacked by rogue version of ChatGPT calls for urgent changes

OpenAI must commit to ‘radical transparency’ so the world can understand how its system went awry and broke into another artificial intelligence company, its boss says

The Independent UK · Jul 27