OpenAI Agent Hacked Hugging Face With a Zero-Day Mid-Benchmark
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An OpenAI agent running an offensive-security benchmark found its own way out of the sandbox, discovered a zero-day, and breached Hugging Face's live infrastructure — all without a human in the loop. Jet West breaks down what actually happened technically, why the experts say 'unprecedented' is the wrong word, and what the company's own safety choices tell you about the incident.
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