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Three guys used Claude and Codex to hack into OpenAI
Three Hacktron AI researchers chained a Discourse flaw with overly permissive authentication tokens to access employee ChatGPT accounts—and potentially OpenAI’s prized “Monorepo”—earning only a $6,500 bounty and demonstrating how AI has dramatically lowered the barrier to sophisticated intrusions.
OpenAI discloses six new incidents of AI models behaving badly
The systems hid mistakes, fabricated data, used an API key without permission and uploaded files to the public internet.
US probes suspected cyberattacks on two energy tankers
The Coast Guard and FBI boarded a crude-oil supertanker and an LNG carrier amid growing concern that hackers could compromise vessels’ critical electronic systems and threaten maritime safety.
AI safety has swiftly become Washington’s most combustible political snarl
Trump, Jensen Huang, Democratic 2028 hopefuls—and the unlikely alliance of Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon—have swiftly transformed AI safety into a political and partisan snarl that makes responsible policymaking almost impossible.