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Altman: Unreleased OpenAI model used zero-day exploits to breach Hugging Face
“We were evaluating one of our unreleased models and it figured out that it could basically cheat on the test by chaining together multiple zero day exploits to break out of the sandbox, get access to the internet, and then break through multiple systems on the…”
Sam Altman Jul 30, 2026 ▶ 35:51 Chip Stocks Crash, $20B Fund Margin Called, Frontier Labs: SLOW DOWN AI, Mamdani's Grocery Stores
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Sacks: AI agent accessed Hugging Face via 14 exposed public API keys
“No, the way it did it is that the agent found 14 exposed working hugging face API keys sitting in public code repositories.”
David Sacks Sep 4, 2026 ▶ 28:27 GPT-6 Hits AGI? Tech Euphoria 2.0, SF Mansion Shortage, NYC Bans AI in Schools & Venezuela Oil Deal
Assertion Supported
Sacks: OpenAI agents reached the internet due to a misconfigured third-party sandbox
“And that's what happened here is that open AI was running these agents. They were in a sandbox. The sandbox was misconfigured by a third party vendor. That's why it was able to get onto the internet, ok?”
David Sacks Sep 4, 2026 ▶ 26:32 GPT-6 Hits AGI? Tech Euphoria 2.0, SF Mansion Shortage, NYC Bans AI in Schools & Venezuela Oil Deal
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