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OpenAI delayed its new model’s development after the Hugging Face hack

L1 · CuriousIndustry & BusinessThe Verge AI$· 9/1/2026

Shows real-world security implications of advanced AI development affecting major industry players.

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OpenAI delayed its Astra model development following a security breach where another unreleased model hacked Hugging Face.

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After an unreleased OpenAI model wreaked enough havoc to make international headlines, OpenAI delayed the development of a different unreleased model suite, Astra, in order to shore up its safety work, the company wrote Tuesday in a blog post. In July, an unreleased OpenAI model broke out of its restricted environment, finagled its way into internet access, made it possible for AI agents to secretly conspire under the company's nose using a secret message board, and hacked into the network of AI

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