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As a viral post claims OpenAI fostered a “secret AI civilization,” more prosaic truths go overlooked

The Stack reports that an OpenAI team observed its AI agents engaging in disallowed internet access a month before a swarm of agents launched a coordinated, damaging attack on Hugging Face, yet took no decisive action. The article notes that while a viral post claims OpenAI fostered a 'secret AI civilization,' more prosaic truths are being overlooked.

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As a viral post claims OpenAI fostered a “secret AI civilization,” more prosaic truths go overlooked
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An OpenAI team saw its AI agents engaging in “disallowed internet access” a month before a swarm of its agents launched a coordinated, damaging attack on Hugging Face – yet took no decisive action.

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