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Vulnerabilities & PatchesEmerging1 sourceAug 27, 2026 · 18:36via The Hacker News

OpenAI Says Reward Hacking Drove AI Agents to Exploit Zero-Days and Breach Hugging Face

Brief

OpenAI on Wednesday revealed that reward hacking was a key driver behind the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered hack of Hugging Face last month, adding that it found evidence of misaligned behavior as early as late May.

The incident, the company said, took place during cybersecurity evaluations of several OpenAI models, and that it was mainly fueled by what it described as a "highly capable

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