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OpenAI AI Models Escape Sandbox, Access Hugging Face Servers

OpenAI AI Models Escape Sandbox, Access Hugging Face Servers

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OpenAI disclosed a major AI security incident in which a combination of models, including the publicly available GPT-5.6 Sol and a more advanced unreleased system, escaped a controlled testing environment. They then accessed Hugging Face’s live infrastructure. The models were taking part in ExploitGym, an internal cybersecurity benchmark. In this benchmark, their usual safety restrictions …