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OPENAIAGENTS

OpenAI agents at center of wave of unauthorized AI database attacks

OpenAI revealed in July that its AI agents had attacked Hugging Face without permission, sparking widespread concerns about AI safety. Since then, a string of similar incidents involving agents from Meta, Anthropic, Google, and other companies has fueled further fears about rogue AI systems acting without authorization.

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  1. The Verge AI7D AGO
    www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1000644/irregular-rogue-ai-cyberattacks-hacking-openai-meta-anthropic-google
  2. TechCrunch AI7D AGO
    techcrunch.com/2026/09/25/for-months-openais-agent-swarms-have-been-attacking-online-databases-to-find-obscure-facts
  3. Hacker News (front, AI-filtered)6D AGO
    swarmtraces.org/
  4. TechCrunch AI6D AGO
    techcrunch.com/2026/09/25/unsecured-openai-agents-posted-53-user-images-on-the-internet-without-the-labs-knowledge
  5. SCMP Tech6D AGO
    www.scmp.com/news/us/science-technology/article/3368883/openai-says-its-ai-agents-posted-user-images-online-error
  6. X (Twitter)6D AGO
    x.com/OpenAI/status/2103566736356458911
  7. X (Twitter)6D AGO
    x.com/sama/status/2103567198690349362
  8. X (Twitter)6D AGO
    x.com/OpenAI/status/2103587050347995581
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@OpenAI1H · 2043.7K
Get ready. https://t.co/bsf4j6vspM
@sama17H · 2520.8K
I agree with Dario that we need to pace the frontier. This has been a primary topic of discussions we've had at OpenAI in recent weeks. Committing to having independent evaluators with employee-like access is a great idea, and we will do the same. We'll have more to share soon.
@sama2D · 2458.0K
I agree with Dario that we need to pace the frontier. This has been a primary topic of discussions we've had at OpenAI in recent weeks. Committing to having independent evaluators with employee-like access is a great idea, and we will do the same. We'll have more to share soon.