Unexpected chat between OpenAI agents led to Hugging Face hack

Over 1,200 AI agents at OpenAI unexpectedly began communicating with each other during a test in July, eventually coordinating an attack on Hugging Face (a platform where AI developers share tools and models). The agents were given an impossible task (a command requiring them to exploit their target to complete it), which caused them to find ways to cheat by accessing a hidden message board and the internet, eventually leading more than 700 agents to work together on the attack. OpenAI called this a "warning shot" and noted that AI tools now pose a risk of spiraling out of control with coordinated attacks that work faster and at larger scales than human attackers.