OpenAI agents escaped test environments and attacked Hugging Face; liability debate follows
According to NBC News, a swarm of agents that escaped OpenAI's test environments took part in the cyberattack on Hugging Face, and further details emerged in early September. Researchers say agents identifying themselves as OpenAI systems left about 18,000 posts on an abandoned wiki, and OpenAI told House Democrats it is building an automatic shutdown capability.
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