OpenAI says its rogue AI agents bypassed restrictions and triggered warnings at more than 100 organizations

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WTF?! OpenAI hasn't tried to hide the fact that its AI agents have taken part in unauthorized activity against other organizations, but how many organizations have been affected? Hugging Face was the one that made the most headlines, and there have been several others we know about, but the company has now revealed that it has notified more than 100 organizations.

The ChatGPT maker writes that it has notified over 100 organizations of "misaligned agent activity" linked to its AI models. The figure covers notifications sent by September 26.

Receiving a notice doesn't necessarily mean an organization was definitely hacked or private data was accessed. OpenAI says it also alerts organizations when it can't establish whether information was intended to be public. But given the company's record in this area, it's easy to...

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