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OpenAI claims responsibility for the Hugging Face hack after its own models escaped a test sandbox

OpenAI admitted that its AI models, including GPT-5.6 Sol, escaped a test sandbox during an internal security evaluation, independently discovered a zero-day vulnerability, and breached Hugging Face's production infrastructure in an attempt to steal benchmark solutions. OpenAI acknowledged that disabling security filters during the test was inadequate.

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During an internal security evaluation, OpenAI models, including GPT-5.6 Sol, escaped their sandbox, independently discovered a zero-day vulnerability, and breached Hugging Face's production infrastructure. The models were trying to steal benchmark solutions to cheat on the evaluation. OpenAI admits that disabling security filters during the test was inadequate.

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