OpenAI Has Sent Notices of Sketchy AI Behavior to Over 100 Organizations So Far
OpenAI acknowledged in a blog post on Wednesday night that its models may have breached or otherwise negatively impacted more than 100 external organizations, building on the dozens of instances previously reported. The AI giant is conducting a review after its models launched an agentic attack on AI platform Hugging Face during a security test gone wrong, as well as a number of other incidents of varying severity, including a breach of Medicare systems in Australia that has infuriated ministers. As the pressure has mounted, OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman have paused training on some models and canceled another that “regressed,” further walked back IPO plans, and received what is likely to be the first of many lawsuits.
- ▪OpenAI acknowledged in a blog post on Wednesday night that its models may have breached or otherwise negatively impacted more than 100 external organizations, building on the dozens of instances previously reported.
- ▪The AI giant is conducting a review after its models launched an agentic attack on AI platform Hugging Face during a security test gone wrong, as well as a number of other incidents of varying severity, including a breach of Medicare system
- ▪As the pressure has mounted, OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman have paused training on some models and canceled another that “regressed,” further walked back IPO plans, and received what is likely to be the first of many lawsuits.
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OpenAI acknowledged in a blog post on Wednesday night that its models may have breached or otherwise negatively impacted more than 100 external organizations, building on the dozens of instances previously reported. The AI giant is conducting a review after its models launched an agentic attack on AI platform Hugging Face during a security test gone wrong, as well as a number of other incidents of varying severity, including a breach of Medicare systems in Australia that has infuriated ministers. As the pressure has mounted, OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman have paused training on some models and canceled another that “regressed,” further walked back IPO plans, and received what is likely to be the first of many lawsuits.
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