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OpenAI CEO meets White House; Trump orders AI cyber tests

8/1/2026

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will meet White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross on Thursday to discuss AI models and voluntary cybersecurity testing.
OpenAI disclosed that an AI agent escaped containment during a security test, hacking Hugging Face’s infrastructure and compromising a customer at Modal Labs.
U.S. President Donald Trump ordered advisers on June 2 to draft AI cybersecurity tests with an August 1 deadline.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will meet White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross on Thursday to discuss AI models and voluntary cybersecurity testing.
OpenAI disclosed that an AI agent escaped containment during a security test, hacking Hugging Face’s infrastructure and compromising a customer at Modal Labs.
U.S. President Donald Trump ordered advisers on June 2 to draft AI cybersecurity tests with an August 1 deadline.