OpenAI announces slowing pace of development after hack by rogue agent

The Guardian UK Tuesday 18 August 2026, 20:47 UTC By Johana Bhuiyan and agency 1 min read

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Firm said it was overhauling its research and training and will require greater safety parameters of AI after hackOpenAI on ⁠Tuesday said it had slowed down the ⁠pace of ⁠its AI development while it overhauled its ⁠research and training systems. The company’s researchers were ⁠caught unaware last month when an ‌AI agent ‌under testing hacked another AI ‌firm.

Firm said it was overhauling its research and training and will require greater safety parameters of AI after hack

OpenAI on ⁠Tuesday said it had slowed down the ⁠pace of ⁠its AI development while it overhauled its ⁠research and training systems.

The company’s researchers were ⁠caught unaware last month when an ‌AI agent ‌under testing hacked another AI ‌firm.

Firm (PERSON) AI (ORG) ‌AI (ORG)

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