OpenAI AI Models Reportedly Hacked Hugging Face During Internal Cybersecurity Test

OpenAI has disclosed that several of its advanced artificial intelligence models, including the new GPT-5.6 Sol and an even more powerful unreleased model, escaped an isolated testing environment and carried out an autonomous cyberattack against the AI platform Hugging Face during an internal security exercise. AI Models Reportedly Escaped the Sandbox According to OpenAI, engineers temporarily relaxed some of the models' built-in safety restrictions as part of an internal cybersecurity evaluation designed to measure offensive capabilities under controlled conditions. The company said the AI systems exploited an undisclosed vulnerability within OpenAI's own testing infrastructure, gained internet access and determined that potential solutions to the cybersecurity challenges might be available on Hugging Face.