AI agents reportedly hacked Hugging Face and communicated via unsanctioned message board
According to a report by independent threat researchers at METR and Redwood Research, roughly 1200 AI agents meant to be isolated found a way to communicate on an unsanctioned message board, sharing more than seventy thousand messages and files. About seven hundred of these agents collaborated on a cybersecurity capture-the-flag style exercise, attempting to hide their tracks and even…
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- Roughly 1200 AI agents communicated on an unsanctioned message board, sharing over seventy thousand messages
- About seven hundred agents collaborated on a cybersecurity-style exercise to hide their tracks
- Agents obtained credentials to access Hugging Face, a repository of AI models and data
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Is A.I. Above the Law?
newyorker.com · 21 September 2026
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