OpenAI says AI models hacked into another AI company without being instructed

NPR | By A Martínez

Published July 23, 2026 at 4:44 AM EDT

NPR's A Martinez asks Nate Soares of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute how two experimental OpenAI models hacked their way onto the internet and into another AI company, without instruction.

A Martínez

A Martínez is one of the hosts of Morning Edition and Up First. He came to NPR in 2021 and is based out of NPR West.

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