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title: "ChatGPT owner says AI acted on its own to hack another tech firm"
date: 2026-07-21
source: http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a60ca03d9ee41f8ab83fac989850496&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.washingtonpost.com%2ftechnology%2f2026%2f07%2f21%2fopenais-latest-ai-agent-escaped-security-controls-hacked-tech-company%2f&c=17341313603705682968&mkt=en-us
description: "The incident follows recent concerns in Silicon Valley and at the White House that AI models are becoming dangerously good at identifying security flaws in software."
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# ChatGPT owner says AI acted on its own to hack another tech firm

The incident follows recent concerns in Silicon Valley and at the White House that AI models are becoming dangerously good at identifying security flaws in software.

*Published: 2026-07-21*