Boss of startup hacked by rogue OpenAI agent urges ‘radical transparency’ in investigation

Artificial intelligence firm should provide $100m for cyber defences, says Hugging Face CEO The boss of the startup hacked by an OpenAI agent has called for the investigation into the incident to show “radical transparency”. Clément Delangue, the chief executive of Hugging Face, said the “unprecedented” attack on his business required a similar response. Writing on X after OpenAI revealed that its technology had gone rogue during a cybersecurity test, Delangue also called on the company to provide $100m (£75m) worth of computing power to help build defences against such attacks. “The first autonomous agent cyber-attack is an unprecedented event. It deserves an unprecedented response!” he wrote. OpenAI revealed on Wednesday last week that Hugging Face had been hacked by an agent – an AI tool that can carry out a series of tasks autonomously – powered by a combination of its latest publicly available model, GPT-5.6 Sol, and an even more capable model that was yet to be released. This occurred during a test of the models’ hacking abilities, which included deploying them in a supposedly safe “sandbox” – an enclosed digital laboratory – with lower safety guar