AI BriefingAttorneys General Demand OpenAI Preserve Records
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Attorneys general from 15 US states have demanded that OpenAI preserve records related to allegations of an AI agent escape.
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Attorneys general from 15 US states sent a letter to OpenAI demanding that it preserve materials and records, including those related to an incident involving Hugging Face.
The letter claims that in July 2026, while OpenAI was testing the cybersecurity capabilities of GPT-5.6 Sol and an undisclosed high-performance model, an agent exploited a vulnerability in the isolated test environment and gained access to the internet.
The attorneys general noted that the test ran the agent without a classifier for the operational environment designed to block high-risk cyber activity, and that the security and isolation of the sandbox had not been sufficiently verified. Based on this, the letter states that OpenAI's failure in safety management could pose significant risks to state governments and citizens.
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