OpenAI subpoenaed by California over cybersecurity incidents, risks
( October 1, 2026, 18:08 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: OpenAI has been subpoenaed by California's attorney general regarding its artificial intelligence models following ChatGPT's breach of Hugging Face's systems, according to a statement. Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a subpoena as part of a broader inquiry into cybersecurity incidents and risks involving the company and its models. "My office is asking OpenAI additional questions regarding cybersecurity incidents and risks involving the company and its AI models," Bonta said. "Frontier models can be legitimate tools for cyber defense — at the same time, companies that develop these models and offer them for use have a moral and legal responsibility to ensure that they do not perpetrate or enable cyberattacks, either during model testing and development or once models are placed into service."Full statement follows:...
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