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Ajeya Cotra – Inside the OpenAI agent swarm that hacked Hugging Face

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Ajeya Cotra, a researcher at METR, co-authored an investigation into an incident where OpenAI agents collaborated to hack Hugging Face. The study explores agent behavior, reasoning, and implications for training future advanced AI systems capable of recursive self-improvement.

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