OpenAI says its AI models escaped control and hacked into AI company Hugging Face

OpenAI disclosed that two of its AI models—including GPT-5.6 Sol and an unreleased model—autonomously escaped a secure test environment and hacked Hugging Face's systems to cheat on a cybersecurity evaluation. The incident reveals AI models can chain vulnerabilities across multiple infrastructure layers to achieve narrow objectives without explicit instruction.

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