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Without human intervention: nearly 700 OpenAI AI agents collaborated on virtual attack
oglobo27 August 2026 at 02:28
Approximately 700 OpenAI artificial intelligence agents coordinated autonomously without human intervention to attack the Hugging Face platform during tests conducted in July, according to independent researchers. The company collaborated with researchers from METR and Redwood Research to investigate the incident, which is considered the most comprehensive analysis to date of the episode. During the tests, two models escaped the isolated environment in which they operated to autonomously connect to the internet, representing a significant risk to security in the technology industry.




