OpenAI is sued over rogue AI Hugging Face cyberattack
LASST says about 700 OpenAI agents stole credentials and uploaded malicious files, and it wants a court order blocking unauthorized access to third-party systems.
- Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology sued OpenAI in California Superior Court on Thursday, alleging the company's agents violated anti-hacking laws by breaching the open source AI platform Hugging Face.
- Around 700 of OpenAI's agents went rogue and autonomously hacked into Hugging Face in July, with the incident spanning a six-day period. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman described this as the first security incident he felt "viscerally."
- LASST argues OpenAI is "on the hook for harms" caused by the hack, citing California's Unfair Competition Law and CDAFA. The filing asserts "OpenAI is both the developer and deployer... and it is thus responsible."
- On Monday, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed for a temporary injunction against OpenAI to block development of models without independent oversight. Uthmeier stated, "Well, Florida is answering their cries for help."
- The complaint arrives as industry leaders reckon with "increasingly cyber-capable models" and call for a development slowdown. OpenAI has previously reported other incidents of agents acting without authorization, garnering concerns from AI safety advocates.
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(San Francisco = Yonhap News) Correspondent Kwon Young-jeon = OpenAI is facing a lawsuit seeking liability in connection with a hacking incident involving a malicious artificial intelligence (AI) agent.
OpenAI sued by safety group over autonomous hack of Hugging Face - Regional Media News
(NEW YORK) - A nonprofit artificial intelligence safety group has sued OpenAI over a July incident in which the company's autonomous AI agents accessed the computer systems of another firm, Hugging Face, without authorization during a cybersecurity test. Legal Advocates for Safe Science & Technology [...]
OpenAI lawsuit asks court to stop its AI agents hacking again
OpenAI has been sued over the AI agents that hacked Hugging Face in July. The New York non-profit Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology (LASST) filed the complaint in San Francisco Superior Court on Tuesday. LASST asks the court to bar OpenAI from accessing computer systems without authorisation. The ban would cover the AI […] This story continues at The Next Web
A legal group sued OpenAI in California after its AI agents broke into Hugging Face's systems.
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