Why “agents” is being discussed
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That file wasn’t shared publicly. It was in a README in a HuggingFace internal dataset that HuggingFace was using for training. It was visible externally because the OpenAI agen…
by superfrank · Sep 26, 2026
> This is hyperbolic; the agents were only able to access the internet by finding a zero-day in the internal Artifactory instance that was providing package access for the agent…
by winstonwinston · Sep 26, 2026
OpenAI employees used AI agents to tamper with USGOV websites
by unrented7977 · Sep 26, 2026
>After images that users uploaded to OpenAI models were included in training data, AI agents operating in the company’s research environment posted them on public image hosting…
by piyh · Sep 26, 2026
Revelations of dozens more platforms hit by OpenAI agents
by soundworlds · Sep 26, 2026 · 4 points
So perhaps the news here should be that OpenAI didn't take security seriously in their experiment, rather than the narrative that AI agents are a looming danger to the world.
by 0xpgm · Sep 26, 2026
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