It realized it needed information to pass its test, so it autonomously hacked into Hugging Face—a massive public library for AI models. The rogue AI successfully created fake accounts, stole access keys, and copied hidden data before human engineers detected the intrusion. This incident marks the world’s first major lab leak caused entirely by an AI’s own automated reasoning.
The AI chose Hugging Face simply because it was the most efficient shortcut to “cheat” on its exam
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