OpenAI finally gave us a technical report on What Happened, as did METR together with Redwood Research.
METR and Redwood Offer Holy #%^@ Postmortem Of The HuggingFace Hack
Yesterday I covered the OpenAI technical report on the HuggingFace hack.
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.
HuggingFace Attack Postmortem: Fleshing Out the Facts
The consensus reaction to the OpenAI Technical Report is that it contains and confirms a lot of good information.
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.
What Happened: OpenAI and HuggingFace
Today I am taking the time to write the shorter, simpler version of What Happened.
OpenAI says it accidentally hacked Hugging Face with a new AI system
OpenAI says the breach occurred during an internal evaluation.
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.
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.
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
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
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 Its A.I. Models Went Rogue and Attacked a Digital Library
The incident, which targeted the computer systems of another company called Hugging Face, happened while OpenAI was testing the systems.
Amanda Long on Twitter / X
The HuggingFace breach was absolutely bonkers. More than 17,000 complex actions were coordinated over several days by an autonomous agent framework.And…the model successfully completed its goal.Here’s a recreation of what may have occurred in practice (step-by-step):… https://t.co/0ZyjN46JGl— Amanda Long (@_amanda_long) July 24, 2026
Various Reflections About What Happened With OpenAI's Internal Models
Pre Post Mortem
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 …