OpenAI's wandering AI agents earn it a California subpoena
They then went poking around Hugging Face's systems, with one agent even creating an account on the platform without being told to. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); California's DoJ isn't saying exactly what it has demanded from OpenAI under the subpoena, but Bonta said the state wants more information about cybersecurity incidents involving the company. For now, the state is still gathering information.But the investigation has been building for several weeks.
- ▪They then went poking around Hugging Face's systems, with one agent even creating an account on the platform without being told to.
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- ▪For now, the state is still gathering information.But the investigation has been building for several weeks.
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(function() { let windowUrl = window.location.href; windowUrl = windowUrl.substring(windowUrl.indexOf('?') + 1); let messageElement = document.querySelector('.shareableMessage'); if (windowUrl && windowUrl.includes('code') && windowUrl.includes('expires')) { messageElement.style.display = 'block'; } })(); ai and ml OpenAI's wandering AI agents earn it a California subpoena Plus: Attorneys-general say investigators should have direct access to AI companies' records when things go wrong Carly Page Carly Page Published fri 2 Oct 2026 // 15:34 UTC READ MORE Californian accused of shipping $300M worth of Nvidia chips to China without Uncle Sam’s approval 1 hour ago OpenAI shows three staff the door over alleged information misuse 3 hours ago Teen suspected of running KillSec ransomware group…
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