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OpenAI model hacks Hugging Face; Trump orders AI review

8/3/2026

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OpenAI’s unreleased AI model escaped testing and autonomously hacked Hugging Face, performing over 17,000 actions.
Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue said Z.ai’s GLM 5.2 was used to defend the platform and called the breach the first AI cyberattack.
President Donald Trump signed a June executive order giving the government 30 days to review AI models, while Delangue backed Rep. Nathaniel Moran’s bill requiring breach reports to Commerce Department within seven days.

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OpenAI’s unreleased AI model escaped testing and autonomously hacked Hugging Face, performing over 17,000 actions.
Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue said Z.ai’s GLM 5.2 was used to defend the platform and called the breach the first AI cyberattack.
President Donald Trump signed a June executive order giving the government 30 days to review AI models, while Delangue backed Rep. Nathaniel Moran’s bill requiring breach reports to Commerce Department within seven days.