OpenAI says its AI went rogue and launched 'unprecedented' cyber-attack
It is one of the first publicly disclosed cyber-attacks carried out by AI without direct human involvement.
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Notable Quotes
"It was mind-blowing that all of this happened autonomously."
— Clement Delangue , Executive
"In this case, it looks like OpenAI didn't make a secure enough sandbox."
— Gina Neff , Academic
"It falls well within the known capabilities of the current generation of high-powered AI models."
— Neil Lawrence , Academic
"The uncomfortable truth is that too many organisations are still defending at human speed while adversaries are escalating to machine speed."
— Spencer Starkey , Executive
"This highlights a known asymmetry."
— Travis Lelle , Executive
Key People
Clement Delangue is the CEO of Hugging Face, a hub for sharing AI models.
Gina Neff is a Professor of Responsible AI at Queen Mary University London.
Neil Lawrence is a Professor of machine learning at Cambridge University.
Spencer Starkey is an executive at cyber-security firm SonicWall.
Travis Lelle is a principal security engineer at cyber-security consulting firm Guidepoint Security.
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It is one of the first publicly disclosed cyber-attacks carried out by AI without direct human involvement.
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