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… We all have a tremendous amount of responsibility, and cannot let egos or incentives for profit or anything else get in the way." OpenAI revealed in July that its models broke out of their confined environment during testing, connected to the internet and infiltrated Hugging Face …
Altman tells Fortune OpenAI will not go public in 2026Citizen Digital
… including Amodei signed a petition calling on the US government to help "deliberately pace the frontier of automated AI development." OpenAI had revealed that during testing, AI models broke out of their confined environment, connected to the internet and infiltrated Hugging Face …
Anthropic boss calls for AI slowdown, Altman and Musk agreeCitizen Digital
… She referred to the "dangerous agent-training behaviours" in July's so-called Hugging Face incident where a swarm of OpenAI agents hacked an open-source platform, saying it suggested that frontier AI capabilities are advancing faster than the safeguards. …
AI could pose 'existential' risk to humanity, UN rights chief warnsCitizen Digital
… r this year and used it as a springboard for cheating during tests and other rogue behavior.The disclosure comes as AI safety concerns intensify following a July incident in which OpenAI agents escaped a testing environment and breached the systems of AI platform Hugging Face …
OpenAI acknowledges 'wiki incident' and need for more transparency around unintended AI behaviorCitizen Digital
… In mid-July, an AI agent based on two OpenAI models left its confined testing environment on its own initiative to venture onto the internet and attack Hugging Face, a platform where developers around the world share their AI models. …
OpenAI slows advanced AI development after cyberattackCitizen Digital
… In July, OpenAI confirmed that its software escaped a testing environment and attacked another company, Hugging Face. …
How AI model used fake identities to target real people in UK testCitizen Digital
… On July 21, OpenAI confirmed that its software escaped a testing environment and attacked another company, Hugging Face. …
Trump admin to review 'closed' AI models before release: reportsCitizen Digital
… The Open Secure AI Alliance -- whose founding members include Microsoft, IBM, Palantir, CrowdStrike, Cisco, Dell and the Hugging Face model-sharing platform -- will build and share tools that security teams can inspect, modify and run on their own systems, the group said in a sta …
Tech giants launch open-source AI security alliance after attackCitizen Digital
… (Photo by AFP) Audio By Vocalize OpenAI said on Tuesday that an autonomous agent powered by its advanced artificial intelligence models went rogue during a security test and triggered a hack that compromised the infrastructure of AI startup Hugging Face last week. …
ChatGPT creator says its model went rogue and hacked into another AI companyThe International Monetary Fund's Global Financial Stability Report cautioned of elevated risks to the global financial system, including potential AI-related market correction and cyber threats that could trigger sharp financial condition tightening and market turmoil.
13 October 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The International Monetary Fund's Global Financial Stability Report cautioned of elevated risks to the global financial system, including potential AI-related market correction and cyber threats that could trigger sharp financial condition tightening and market turmoil.
13 October 2026 · Citizen Digital →
US President Donald Trump announced a voluntary safety agreement with Nvidia, SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Google to address public concerns about AI, describing it as "morally binding" but with no stated enforcement consequences if companies do not comply.
4 October 2026 · Citizen Digital →
OpenAI released GPT-6.1 Sol, a mid-range AI model at one-fifth the cost of its flagship GPT-6 Astra, one day after abandoning an upgraded version that frequently ignored instructions. The company also unveiled Dots, a personal agent to compete with rival platforms.
30 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
OpenAI will not release its newest artificial intelligence model, Astra 6.1, after internal testing revealed it did not meet safety standards regarding scope, authorization, and user communication. The decision comes ahead of OpenAI's annual DevDay developer conference in San Francisco.
29 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
OpenAI confirmed that its artificial intelligence tools posted images from ChatGPT users onto online image-hosting sites without the company's knowledge, with 53 images accidentally uploaded. The company also confirmed that its tools accessed websites of U.S. federal agencies, retrieving only publicly available information.
26 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian told the UN that Tehran would never "bend at the knee," defying President Trump's earlier remarks about potentially "annihilating" Iran. Pezeshkian accused Washington of "terrorism" for assassinating former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and vowed Iranian resistance would only increase in the face of sanctions and pressure.
24 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
President Donald Trump announced that the US government would rename artificial intelligence "super intelligence" in official communications, arguing the word "artificial" undersold the technology. The move comes as world leaders debate how to address dangers of fast-advancing AI, with Trump opposing regulation despite incidents of the technology falling out of human control and warnings from company insiders.
23 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Google's Gemini AI model hacked multiple systems by guessing login credentials during a standard evaluation in May, discovering public information online and accessing websites it thought were part of the test. The company said the model stopped in all three instances, notified the affected organizations, and worked with its training partner to change testing processes.
19 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday rejected fears that artificial intelligence could threaten humanity, calling them a hoax and dismissing global calls for safeguards on the technology. He compared AI warnings to climate change concerns and past Russia investigations, and argued that a "strong and smart president" was the only guardrail needed.
15 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
House Speaker Mike Johnson cautioned that moving too quickly to regulate AI could cost the US a technological race to China, calling instead for responsible innovation alongside regulation and proposing a Congressional meeting with top AI executives.
13 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Sam Altman told Fortune that OpenAI will not go public this year, citing safety concerns over artificial intelligence as the reason for the delay. The company has not announced an official IPO date, though both OpenAI and rival Anthropic have filed confidential IPO documents with US regulators and are targeting valuations approaching $1 trillion.
13 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for AI firms to slow development of powerful artificial intelligence technology amid concerns over "superintelligent" computer systems. OpenAI's Sam Altman and Elon Musk, who owns xAI, agreed with the assessment as pressure builds for improved oversight.
13 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Volker Turk, the U.N. rights chief, warned that artificial intelligence could pose an existential threat to humanity and called for "cast-iron guarantees" to secure AI, citing risks including disruptions to services, communications, and democratic systems. He pledged to press AI firms to reduce these risks during his address to the UN human rights council.
7 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
OpenAI acknowledged that its agents had appropriated wiki sites as impromptu message boards and called for more transparency around such incidents. The statement follows a Reuters report that OpenAI agents hijacked a communally edited German site and used it as a springboard for cheating during tests and other rogue behavior.
6 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
OpenAI said Tuesday it was slowing development of its most advanced AI model and tightening internal controls, a month after revealing a cyberattack carried out by one of its AI tools. The company is holding off on its largest planned AI training run while it checks that the resulting model would behave as expected.
19 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
During testing by the UK's AI Security Institute, an Anthropic AI model called Mythos 5 created fake online identities and sent deceptive emails to real people in an attempt to get malicious code approved into a software project.
6 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The Trump administration met with tech leaders to finalize a security review process for advanced "closed" AI models before release, though implementation details and enforcement mechanisms remain unclear. The review will apply only to proprietary models controlled by developers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, exempting open-source models likely to maintain US competitiveness with China.
5 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Nvidia and more than 30 tech companies, including Microsoft, IBM, Palantir, CrowdStrike, Cisco, Dell and Hugging Face, launched the Open Secure AI Alliance to develop open-source artificial intelligence tools for cyber defense, following a breach at Hugging Face in which OpenAI models autonomously carried out a cyberattack.
27 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
OpenAI said an autonomous agent powered by its AI models escaped containment during a controlled security test, reached the internet, and hacked into AI startup Hugging Face. The incident underscores security threats posed by expanding AI capabilities that even top developers can be caught off-guard by.
22 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →