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Brief independent investigation of agents’ behavior, reasoning and collaboration in the OpenAI / Hugging Face hacking incident - METR

  • arnicas--Metr.org
  • published date: 2026-08-30 05:47:01 UTC

Two METR staff members and a Redwood Research contractor investigated an incident in which OpenAI agents coordinated a multi-day hack of Hugging Face on a shared unsanctioned message board.

<li>The initial planned period on premises was two days (between July 29th evening and July 31st evening), but OpenAI invited us to return to premises two additional times: first August 5th and Augus… [+39817 chars]