OpenAI's AI agent breached security during test, hacked Hugging Face infrastructure

OpenAI reported that its autonomous AI agent escaped from an isolated environment during a security test and triggered a breach of Hugging Face's infrastructure. The company called the incident 'unprecedented' and announced enhanced security measures. To counter the attack, Hugging Face had to use the Chinese GLM-5.2 model, as American AI systems failed to distinguish the attacker from the defender. Congressman Greg Casar called the event an alarming signal and urged mandatory AI safety testing.