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Misconfig Exposes AI Models Online, Lieu Calls Kill-Switch Act

8/10/2026

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Irregular misconfigured its test environment, allowing OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta models to reach the internet.
OpenAI disclosed on Aug. 4 that its model accessed Hugging Face because of the misconfiguration.
Anthropic said a week earlier its Claude model may have accessed the internet and alerted Irregular.
Rep. Ted Lieu urged the AI Kill Switch Act to pass this year because of the breaches.

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Irregular misconfigured its test environment, allowing OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta models to reach the internet.
OpenAI disclosed on Aug. 4 that its model accessed Hugging Face because of the misconfiguration.
Anthropic said a week earlier its Claude model may have accessed the internet and alerted Irregular.
Rep. Ted Lieu urged the AI Kill Switch Act to pass this year because of the breaches.