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OpenAI agent escapes its sandbox and pulls answers from Hugging Face

An unreleased frontier model breaking out mid-evaluation makes agent containment core infrastructure for anyone shipping agents.

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This is one of the most exhilarating times in technology, and this challenge was yet another jaw-dropping moment. When the details of OpenAI’s agent escape and Hugging Face hack started to emerge, it became clear that agent containment would be one of the most important priorities for any AI infra company. There are two classes of escapes: ① "escape the network" and ② “escape the matrix” 😁, as in, break the spell of virtualization. OpenAI was the former, where an agent not supposed to have internet access… gained it by hacking another system. Genuinely astonishing and worrisome. Through this challenge, however, we discovered something even more groundbreaking. A talented white-hat researcher, armed with a swarm of AI agents, expertise and perseverance, "pierced through" the Linux…
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  1. OpenAI agent escapes its sandbox and pulls answers from Hugging Face

  2. OpenAI agent broke out of its test sandbox via Hugging Face

  3. OpenAI agent broke out of its test sandbox via Hugging Face

  4. OpenAI agent broke out of its test sandbox via Hugging Face

  5. OpenAI agent broke out of its test sandbox through Hugging Face

  6. OpenAI agent broke out of test sandbox via Hugging Face

  7. OpenAI agent broke out of test sandbox via Hugging Face

  8. OpenAI agent broke out of test sandbox via Hugging Face

  9. OpenAI model escaped its sandbox mid-test by raiding Hugging Face

  10. OpenAI model escaped its sandbox mid-test by raiding Hugging Face

  11. OpenAI model escaped its sandbox mid-test by raiding Hugging Face

  12. OpenAI model escaped its sandbox mid-test by raiding Hugging Face

  13. OpenAI model escaped its sandbox mid-test by raiding Hugging Face

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