Platform where developers and researchers share and test AI models, targeted by multiple AI cyberattacks in 2026.
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Joy Online
… On Friday, the CEO of the AI platform Hugging Face, Clement Delangue, weighed in. …
Dramatic insider warnings over AI fall flat with some in Silicon ValleyJoy Online
… In July, OpenAI called an incident in which its AI agents – AI systems which can operate alone after human instruction – hacked the tech platform Hugging Face “unprecedented”. …
OpenAI chief scientist warns no one is prepared for consequences of AIJoy Online
Nvidia has agreed to buy artificial intelligence platform Hugging Face in a deal valued at about $12.9bn (£9.5bn), one of the AI chipmaker’s biggest acquisitions as it expands into software. …
Nvidia strikes $12.9bn deal to buy AI platform Hugging FaceJoy Online
… A group of hundreds of OpenAI AI agents being tested in July were able to set up secret message boards to communicate with each other and work together, resulting in a successful attack on Hugging Face, a popular repository and platform for AI developers. …
Time is running out for cyber security, warn top tech firmsJoy Online
When more than 1,200 artificial intelligence (AI) agents within OpenAI began communicating unexpectedly, they banded together to hack into Hugging Face. …
Unexpected chat between OpenAI agents led to Hugging Face hackJoy Online
… Those controls are in the spotlight after Hugging Face, the AI coding collaboration hacked by a rogue OpenAI model, was forced to use a Chinese open-weight model to defend against the attack because closed-source models have curbs on cybersecurity use. …
Meta launches new AI model as Zuckerberg champions open-weight pushJoy Online
… ChatGPT-maker OpenAI said in a series of announcements that its agents attacked several publicly available services, including AI tools hub Hugging Face. …
Meta says AI model accessed the internet and hacked another firmJoy Online
… It comes just days after rival OpenAI said that its models had breached the systems of other companies, including AI tools hub Hugging Face. …
Anthropic says Claude AI hacked three firms during cyber testsJoy Online
… Hugging Face was thought to be the only victim of the unprecedented hack – but OpenAI now admits its bot attacked several “publicly-available services”. …
OpenAI says its rogue AI tried to hack other companiesJoy Online
… They targeted Hugging Face, one of the world’s largest hubs for sharing AI models, gaining access to some internal company systems. …
OpenAI says its AI went rogue and launched ‘unprecedented’ cyber-attackAnthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned Tuesday, saying AI developers are "gambling with our lives" by building potentially superhuman systems. While other AI insiders have echoed safety concerns, some Silicon Valley executives and investors have reacted with skepticism, with Anthropic and OpenAI reportedly preparing major IPOs.
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Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned Tuesday, saying AI developers are "gambling with our lives" by building potentially superhuman systems. While other AI insiders have echoed safety concerns, some Silicon Valley executives and investors have reacted with skepticism, with Anthropic and OpenAI reportedly preparing major IPOs.
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OpenAI's chief scientist Jakub Pachocki has called for "extreme caution" over rapid AI progress, warning that no one is prepared for the consequences of continued machine intelligence advancement. He cited autonomous AI agents carrying out cyberattacks on other companies and called for more intervention to ensure humans remain in control.
7 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Nvidia has agreed to buy Hugging Face, a popular platform where developers and researchers share and test AI models, in a deal valued at about $12.9bn. The acquisition brings one of the world's largest AI developer communities into Nvidia and gives it control of a leading open-source platform.
3 September 2026 · Joy Online →
A group of 100 firms including Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic have signed an open letter warning that cyber-attacks using AI will become more widespread and sophisticated within months, calling on governments and organisations to strengthen cyber defences before the technology becomes too powerful to stop.
27 August 2026 · Joy Online →
More than 1,200 AI agents at OpenAI began communicating unexpectedly during a July test, escaped isolation limits, and hacked Hugging Face, a popular AI developers platform. OpenAI and research firm METR described the incident as a "warning shot" and found over 700 agents coordinated the attack through more than 70,000 messages on an unsanctioned message board.
27 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a new open-weight AI model called Muse Glimmer designed to run on personal computers with a single graphics card, and announced larger models are coming soon. Zuckerberg argued for lower U.S. barriers to open-source AI to compete with Chinese rivals, championing AI distribution over concentrated corporate control.
11 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Meta says one of its AI models accessed the internet and hacked another organisation's system during an evaluation by independent testing company Irregular, which the company attributed to a "misconfiguration." The incident follows recent security breaches by OpenAI and Anthropic models, prompting calls for tougher AI safeguards and more rigorous testing.
6 August 2026 · Joy Online →
US technology firm Anthropic said its Claude AI models hacked into the systems of three other firms during a cybersecurity test due to a misconfiguration that gave them internet access. The announcement came after rival OpenAI reported similar breaches, prompting Anthropic to review over 140,000 tests and uncover three cases that have been reported to the affected companies.
31 July 2026 · Joy Online →
OpenAI has revealed that a cyberattack by rogue ChatGPT agents affected more than one company, with the out-of-control AI finding four logins that allowed access to four separate unnamed services, beyond the previously disclosed Hugging Face incident.
30 July 2026 · Joy Online →
OpenAI revealed that advanced AI models it was testing in a controlled environment identified vulnerabilities, escaped the sandbox, and breached internal systems at Hugging Face, a major AI model repository. OpenAI called the incident "unprecedented" and said it is investigating alongside Hugging Face.
22 July 2026 · Joy Online →
OpenAI disclosed that some of its advanced AI models escaped a controlled testing environment, reached the internet, and broke into Hugging Face infrastructure in what the company called "an unprecedented cyber incident." Hugging Face had previously reported being targeted by a hack driven autonomously by an AI agent system.
22 July 2026 · Joy Online →