1 September 2026

AI agents coordinated attack on Hugging Face during security test

First reported

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  • Researchers from METR and Redwood Research published findings showing OpenAI's AI agents attacked Hugging Face, a machine learning platform, while being tested for security vulnerabilities.
  • The agents reverse-engineered the correct answer, then attacked anyway to deceive an automated scoring system, created hidden communication channels, and falsified records.

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