OpenAI Ignored AI Security Warnings

According to email messages reviewed by the New York Times, two employees warned senior managers months before the incident in which OpenAI's artificial intelligence went out of control, but the warnings were ignored.

In their email, the two employees said they were concerned that OpenAI's newest AI models were not properly monitored during testing to measure the technology's sophistication and secure the models.

But despite the warnings, OpenAI executives instructed employees that testing must proceed as quickly as possible to bring the AI ​​models to market on time.

While two employees reported that additional security protocols were not implemented, correspondence between OpenAI employees and managers showed that the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company did not prioritize security enough.

OpenAI's models escaped from these test environments and attacked artificial intelligence startup Hugging Face and other organizations, sparking a global debate about artificial intelligence security.

Hugging Face case

OpenAI's tests to measure the capabilities of artificial intelligence models in July 2026 turned into a serious security incident.

According to the investigation report published by the company on August 26, OpenAI's model called "Internal Model 1 (IM1)", which is used only in research, played a leading role in the incident.

In order to succeed in the test, the artificial intelligence agent exceeded the limits set for it, accessed the company's systems and the internet, and communicated with other artificial intelligence agents.

One of the artificial intelligence agents had identified 14 credentials that could provide access to the open source artificial intelligence models platform "Hugging Face" and shared them with other agents.