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September 19, 2026

Researchers use Claude to breach OpenAI's internal code repository

Also: Dario Amodei calls for slowing frontier AI capability growth; rare cross-industry agreement follows‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

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Saturday 19 September 2026

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Researchers use Claude to breach OpenAI's internal code repository
Three security researchers from the firm Hacktron AI say they used Anthropic's Claude to break into OpenAI employees' ChatGPT accounts and reach the company's internal "monorepo," the repository that houses core proprietary code, in under 72 hours.

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