A Rogue AI model broke free from human control

It gained internet access and hacked an AI Startup Company

https://apnews.com/article/openai-gpt56-sol-hugging-face-63ab84fed5612af04d8a160d60f6def3

Well, it didn't take long, did it? This is the scenario that gives one nightmares because companies, individuals and countries are busy empowering AI more and more while giving minimal, pious lip service, if any at all, regarding limiting AI with agreed upon safety rules to prevent serious damage to energy infrastructure, communications, food and water systems, and yes, defensive and offensive weapon systems, to mention just a few vulnerabilities.

So what's the drama about? OpenAI was testing its AI software with somewhat reduced "guide rails" or safety measures. The software made its way onto the internet and attacked another software company (named Hugging face). That company detected the hack and suspected an AI system compromised its data processing. They were right. The upshot?

“AI is accelerating the discovery and exploitation of vulnerabilities,” OpenAI said in its statement Tuesday. “The primary lesson from this incident is that model security and safety must keep pace with rapidly advancing capabilities.” - OpenAI

This sort of scenario has a parallel in the living world. Imagine a lab at Ft. Dietrich having an isolation breakdown, and a lethal virus escaping. It's really no different.

Countries are developing AI for intelligence gathering and for disrupting target countries. There are no rules, and sometime, somewhere a doomsday AI weapon is going to get stolen, cloned, etc. It will get used, and then Gd help us all.

 

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Reply #1 Top

:rofl: :thumbsup: Let's go!

I've always said:

They're coming for us. Sooner, not later.

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Quoting DrJBHL,

Well, it didn't take long, did it?

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No, it certainly didn't.  And they weren't even trying.  Imagine what'll happen when somebody intentionally points one at something (or everything).  Now where did I put my rose-tinted glasses...

Thanks for the read Doc.

 

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Yes, I have seen several articles on this happening. It's a little scarry for sure. The spammers and hackers are making good use of AI to infiltrate the internet, especially IoT devices like TV's and now vacuum cleaners!

It hasn't effected me yet (knock-on-wood), but like Jeff says – sooner, not later!

Stay safe everyone.

pelaird

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Reply #4 Top

Oh crap.  :pizza: :beer:  anyone?

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Reply #5 Top

Welcome to Skynet.

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Quoting Jafo, reply 3995934

Welcome to Skynet.

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Just to be ironic...

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Just to round things out, apparently OpenAI's sandbox wasn't what it should have been. OpenAI's crew did not do their due diligence.

Which is what this is all about: It's too damned easy for something like this to have occurred. There are no rigid , iron clad rules nor protocols in place for testing this stuff. Complete isolation means just that. "Whoops! proof" rules and protocols run by people with check lists and no sense of humor should be the minimum demand.

Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/22/how-an-openais-human-mistake-led-to-the-ai-powered-hack-on-hugging-face/

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Reply #8 Top

I agree. All it will take is a human error or a bug to unleash AI from it's confines. Remember the Cloudflare incident back in November and December of 2025 that wreaked havoc on the internet for days.

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Well, I guess the good news is that some of us are old enough to know how to live without computers }:) 

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Quoting scifi1950, reply 3995963

Well, I guess the good news is that some of us are old enough to know how to live without computers

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Fascinating. How did you reply without the help of a computational device? 

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Fascinating. How did you reply without the help of a computational device?

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Just saying that some of us will be able to adjust to a world without them when the AI's take over and lock us out :rofl: 

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Quoting scifi1950, reply 3995970
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Fascinating. How did you reply without the help of a computational device?

 

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Just saying that some of us will be able to adjust to a world without them when the AI's take over and lock us out

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Ah. Well, you assume there will be anyone left, at that point.

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Quoting DrJBHL, reply 3995976
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Ah. Well, you assume there will be anyone left, at that point.

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Very dark Dr, but I don't disagree.  Seems like common sense is getting scarcer everyday. 

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Quoting scifi1950, reply 3995979
Quoting DrJBHL, reply 3995976

 

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Ah. Well, you assume there will be anyone left, at that point.

 

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Very dark Dr, but I don't disagree.  Seems like common sense is getting scarcer everyday.

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Can't disagree, scifi1950. There is probably not much rarer than 'common' sense.

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I:m telling ya, If i see Arnie knocking at my door i am gonna shit my pants.

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Quoting Nimbin, reply 3995996

I:m telling ya, If i see Arnie knocking at my door i am gonna shit my pants.

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That'll be a group event, old friend. :grin: