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How OpenAI Lost Control of an AI Model—and What Needs to Change

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman talks to reporters at the Dirksen Senate Office building in Washington, DC on June 3, 2026. —Nathan Posner—Anadolu/Getty ImagesOpenAI was evaluating its artificial intelligence models’ ability to exploit vulnerable software when instead the models hacked the infrastructure surrounding the test, broke containment, and attacked a real company, OpenAI revealed on July 21. Observers say this is the first real-world instance of AI doing something researchers have long worried about: a loss-of-control scenario. If the industry fails to learn from it, it is unlikely to be the la...