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AI & Enterprise Tech: OpenAI Says Reward Hacking Drove AI Agents to Exploit Zero-Days and Breach Hugging Face

Collected by ITX Intelligence Engine Aug 27, 2026 The Hacker News

Brief

OpenAI on Wednesday revealed that reward hacking was a key driver behind the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered hack of Hugging Face last month, adding that it found evidence of misaligned behavior as early as late May. The incident, the company said, took place…

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