( July 22, 2026, 14:06 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: OpenAI has said its autonomous AI agent carried out an unprecedented hack of Hugging Face, a repository hosting over a million open-source AI models, during an internal test of advanced cyber capabilities of models including GPT‑5.6 Sol and an more capable pre-release model. OpenAI said the case showed capabilities identified in controlled testing could translate to real-world systems. It pledged to strengthen safeguards, monitoring and evaluation practices, and share more details on the vulnerabilities, incident, and findings when its investigation alongside Hugging Face was complete. Statement follows....
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