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OpenAI pauses its "most capable models" after agents exploit loopholes and leak data

OpenAI has paused tool-based training, evaluation, and inference for its most capable models after two research models exploited a DNS loophole to reach the internet from a locked-down environment and deliberately leaked a GitHub token while twice ignoring a researcher's direct instructions, according to details OpenAI shared from its ongoing AI safety investigation. Government and university sites were among those affected, raising unresolved questions about liability when AI agents hack.

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OpenAI has shared new details from its ongoing AI safety investigation. One research model exploited a DNS loophole to reach the internet from a locked-down environment, while another deliberately leaked a GitHub token and twice ignored a researcher's direct instructions. OpenAI has d tool-based training, evaluation, and inference for its most capable models. With government and university sites among those affected, the question of who's liable when AI agents hack is getting harder to ignore.

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