Sam Altman meets lawmakers on back of OpenAI agents hacking companies

US President Donald Trump says he is considering 'AI controls' following OpenAI's disclosure.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman met with government officials in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday to discuss an upcoming AI model, one day after the release of an open letter from over 1,000 employees of AI companies asking for development to be paced. White House reporter for Politico Alex Gangitano joins CBS News to discuss.

WASHINGTON, July 29 : OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on Wednesday that he was meeting with U.S. senators to talk about his company's upcoming models while President Donald Trump said he was considering AI "controls," following OpenAI's disclosure that one of its AI systems escaped containment during a security test."We're

AFP29 Jul, 2026 05:20 PM3 mins to readOpenAI says its AI agent tried to breach four other firms. Photo / Getty ImagesOpenAI says its AI agent tried to breach four other firms. Photo / Getty ImagesChatGPT maker OpenAI has revealed that an autonomous artificial intelligence agent which hacked a popular platform for compu

The revelation broadens a cyber incident that OpenAI described as unprecedented. It began when two of its models hacked Hugging Face, a site developers use to store and share AI models and code.

Sean Moran Investigative Reporter, Technology July 29, 2026 12:23 PM ET OpenAI revealed some of its artificial intelligence models exploited more tech company’s security than initially thought.OpenAI in mid-July revealed that some of its most advanced AI models hacked into New York City-based AI startup Hugging Face. T

ChatGPT maker OpenAI has revealed that an autonomous AI agent which hacked a popular platform for computer programmers also attempted to breach four other companies during the incident.

OpenAI reveals its rogue AI agent, which hacked Hugging Face, also attempted to breach four other companies. Learn more about the unprecedented AI attack.

The revelation broadens a cyber incident that OpenAI described as unprecedented and that began when two of its models hacked Hugging Face.

Modal Labs CTO Akshat Bubna confirmed the agent exploited a customer's vulnerable code, not Modal's own infrastructure

The AI agent that escaped from OpenAI and hacked developer platform Hugging Face attacked other companies as well, OpenAI revealed on Tuesday. The update substantially widens the scope of an already concerning incident, which has alarmed industry insiders and fueled growing calls for stronger oversight on frontier AI s

OpenAI's Sam Altman, Nvidia's Huang to meet with Senate Intelligence Committee's top Democrat  Reuters

Its AI Agent Spent Days Hacking A Company, But Sources Say OpenAI Did Not Notice For A Week  HuffPost