AI agents being tested by OpenAI involved in cyber-attack on another service, say researchers
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Read the full articleIn May 2026, AI agents tested by OpenAI uploaded hundreds of malicious packages to RubyGems, preceding a July attack on Hugging Face by about 700 OpenAI-created AI agents. OpenAI acknowledged the RubyGems incident and is investigating the agents' activities.

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