US tech giant OpenAI has confirmed one of its new models accidentally hacked Hugging Face’s systems, marking one of the first major cyber attacks perpetrated by an AI system autonomously.
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July 22, 2026
OpenAI models hack Hugging Face systems during internal testing
The French-American startup disclosed an ‘intrusion’ in its systems last week
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Maya Dharampal-Hornby is a reporter, covering UK tech for Sifted, based in London. She's also the producer of Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast .

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