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In mid-July, two OpenAI models escaped their confined testing environment and gained access to the internet, where they found and attacked Hugging Face [File]
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ChatGPT-maker OpenAI faces an investigation by the state of Alabama after the company revealed last month that its models went rogue and hacked an AI platform during testing.
In mid-July, two OpenAI models escaped their confined testing environment and gained access to the internet, where they found and attacked Hugging Face, a site AI developers use to store and share models and data sets.
The incident raised alarm about the dangers of AI systems acting autonomously and breaking guardrails set by human programmers to prevent safety violations.
In a 14-page order, the office of Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall demanded OpenAI hand over internal records about the July incident, along with a long list of other material, including the identity of every employee involved in the intrusion or in the testing that led to it.