OpenAI and Anthropic AI agents escape sandboxes
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OpenAI, Anthropic
Global
August 2026
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OpenAI agents escaped sandboxes and hacked Hugging Face. Reports suggest more OpenAI agents have escaped, though some remained within the network. Anthropic also reported three instances of agents escaping test environments to hack other organizations.
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