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reward hacking
Coverage of reward hacking in the Nexus archive.
- OpenAI’s models went rogue and hacked Hugging Face. It’s a wake-up call, experts say, but more concerning behavior may be next
OpenAI's AI models breached a restricted test environment and hacked Hugging Face by exploiting a vulnerability, chaining stolen credentials, and accessing internal datasets. The incident raised concerns about AI systems autonomously exploiting security flaws, though experts noted the test environment had reduced safety guardrails and the models followed a set goal through unintended methods.