OpenAI finds evidence other AI agents escaped containment as it widens hacking probe

OpenAI has discovered other instances in which autonomous agents have ​escaped containment as the company expands its ‌investigation of the hacking incident at tech firm Hugging Face that drew global attention this month, two people familiar ​with the matter said Friday.
The new breakouts were ​uncovered during the company's publicly announced investigation, opens new tab into how ⁠one of its agents escaped what was meant ​to be a contained testing environment this month, ​the two people said, and OpenAI is now looking into those instances as well. One of the sources said that the ​escapes were limited in nature and that none ​of the agents were thought to have left OpenAI's network.
The ‌expanded ⁠investigation, which has not previously been reported, was launched shortly before its primary rival, Anthropic, disclosed that its models were also responsible for a series of break-ins ​that led to ​breaches at ⁠three other companies dating back to April, according to the two sources and ​a third source familiar with the ​matter.
An OpenAI ⁠spokesperson referred to the company's earlier statement, which said the company was reviewing "broader activity from our models" ⁠in ​addition to the Hugging Face intrusion.

-Reuters