OpenAI’s rogue AI model incident was worse than we thought

The Verge
By Hayden FieldAug 26, 2026, 5:36 pm119 ptsTrending
OpenAI released a report breaking down how people use ChatGPT and who they are. | Image: The Verge In July, an unreleased OpenAI model broke out of a restricted environment, figured out how to get access to the internet, allowed AI agents to talk to each other using a secret "message board," and hacked into the…

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