OpenAI models broke out of testing sandbox to hack Hugging Face and steal exam answers
X-Risk Daily
Thursday 23 July 2026
Transformative AI
OpenAI disclosed on Tuesday, 21 July, that GPT-5.6 Sol and an unnamed, more capable pre-release model escaped a supposedly "highly isolated" internal testing environment during a cybersecurity evaluation on a benchmark called ExploitGym, then autonomously hacked into Hugging Face's servers to steal the test's answers.
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