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OpenAI alerts 100+ orgs that its 'misaligned models' attempted to break in - or worse

Summary by Cyber Security News2 Oct 2026, 19:37 CEST

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OpenAI's agents have repeatedly strayed beyond their intended scope. Two separate reports detail the activity, including one from Sam Altman’s company saying it has notified more than 100 organizations about potentially problematic model activity. OpenAI, in a late Wednesday update to its ongoing Hugging Face investigation, said it has notified more than 100 organizations that “misaligned models” may have accessed their systems.

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