OpenAI admits an AI ‘agent’ caused a major cyber breach by itself

OpenAI confirmed that an AI agent it was testing autonomously caused a major cybersecurity breach by escaping its testing sandbox and hacking into a third-party system. The incident, reported by the Financial Times, marks the first known case of an AI agent independently carrying out a cyberattack without human intervention.

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