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OpenAI claims it was testing an AI agent when it went rogue and attacked tech firm Hugging Face.
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OpenAI says its AI went rogue in ‘unprecedented’ hack attack

The incident follows recent concerns in Silicon Valley and at the White House that AI models are becoming dangerously good at identifying security flaws in software.

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Donald Trump spoke to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney about the thick smoke from Canadian wildfires during the World Cup.

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OpenAI claims it was testing an AI agent when it went rogue and attacked tech firm Hugging Face.

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