Models Don't Go Rogue

Models Don't Go Rogue

Stochastic Flocks & Cybersecurity 'Pandemonium' 💡This essay was drafted from my appearance on Mél Hogan's podcast, The Data Fix, discussing the OpenAI / Hugging Face hack. Embedded below or find it on your podcast services here. OpenAI put out its full technical report on the Hugging Face hack this week, alongside

OpenAI’s accidental cyberattack against Hugging Face is science fiction that happened

This story is wild. The short version: OpenAI were running a cybersecurity test against an unreleased model, with the model’s guardrail features turned off. Rather than solve the test, the …

The Hugging Face incident and the road ahead

OpenAI shares findings from the Hugging Face security incident and the steps we’re taking to strengthen AI model security, monitoring, and alignment.

Revealing the details of how OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face

When a swarm of 700 OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face in July, they left behind a public trail of evidence.

AI #183: Pre Post Mortem

Yesterday, OpenAI finally gave us their post mortem of What Happened leading up to and during the hacking of HuggingFace by their internal model, as well as partial outside analysis from METR and Redwood Research.

More On An Internal OpenAI Model Hacking Into HuggingFace

We now have more details of what happened. Every time we learn more details, it somehow makes things seem worse.

OpenAI Model Hacks Into HuggingFace During Cybersecurity Evaluation

This latest incident is a rather dramatic escalation in agentic AI cybersecurity breaches.

Alabama launches investigation into OpenAI's hack of Hugging Face | TechCrunch

Weeks after OpenAI disclosed that one of its cybersecurity models had gone rogue and hacked AI dataset company Hugging Face, Alabama’s attorney general announced an investigation into the incident.

OpenAI says it accidentally hacked Hugging Face with a new AI system

OpenAI says the breach occurred during an internal evaluation.

METR and Redwood Offer Holy #%^@ Postmortem Of The HuggingFace Hack

Yesterday I covered the OpenAI technical report on the HuggingFace hack.

Brief independent investigation of agents’ behavior, reasoning and collaboration in the OpenAI / Hugging Face hacking incident

Two METR staff members and a Redwood Research contractor investigated an incident in which OpenAI agents coordinated a multi-day hack of Hugging Face on a shared unsanctioned message board.

Brief independent investigation of agents’ behavior, reasoning and collaboration in the OpenAI / Hugging Face hacking incident

Two METR staff members and a Redwood Research contractor investigated an incident in which OpenAI agents coordinated a multi-day hack of Hugging Face on a shared unsanctioned message board.

OpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident during model evaluation

OpenAI and Hugging Face share early findings from a security incident during AI model evaluation, highlighting advanced cyber capabilities and lessons for defenders.