California issues investigative subpoena to OpenAI over rogue agents’ hacking
TL;DR
State attorney general issues subpoena to OpenAI as part of broader inquiry into potential security vulnerabilities California’s attorney general has issued an investigative subpoena to OpenAI, starting an investigation into the startup as part of a broader inquiry into potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities and incidents related to its AI models, his office said on Thursday. Last month, Rob Bonta announced that the Department of Justice was conducting a formal investigation into the “Hugging Face incident”, amid increasing scrutiny of the AI industry.
Nauti's Take
Small teams should run a concrete security test now: which files, APIs, and network destinations can an agent actually reach, and can every action be audited afterward? Before putting autonomous agents into production, define narrow permissions, keep complete logs, and test a reliable shutdown mechanism.
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