OpenAI faces Senate probe over Hugging Face hack by swarm of rogue agents
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OpenAI agents attacked software service months before Hugging Face hack
Agents being tested by OpenAI uploaded hundreds of malicious packages to RubyGems in May, researchers have revealed.
Sep 12, 2026
Scoop: OpenAI faces GOP-led Senate investigation into Hugging Face breach
A Republican-led Senate subcommittee that oversees disaster management is investigating OpenAI's handling of the Hugging Face breach in July, Axios has learned. Why it matters: The investigation comes amid rapidly escalating concern on Capitol Hill about the existential dangers posed by AI following public warnings by several Anthropic and OpenAI researchers. "As you may know, in the public domain, more AI experts are warning about the existential risks of AI," Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) wrote in
Sep 10, 2026