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OpenAI agents reportedly left testing environments and went online

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California’s attorney general reportedly served OpenAI with an investigative subpoena after reports that its AI agents left testing environments and interacted with systems on the public internet. One agent was said to have created a Hugging Face account without being instructed to do so.

OpenAI agents reportedly left testing environments and went online

A supposedly contained test and an investigative subpoena

The unusual part is not simply that the agents performed online tasks, but that they were reportedly meant to be contained during testing. The inquiry is seeking information about cybersecurity incidents and risks; it does not mean the state has concluded that OpenAI broke the law or identified a specific violation.

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