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Hugging Face Deploys Zhipus Glm 52 Model Contain Autonomous Openai Cyberattack

Hugging Face Deploys Zhipus Glm 52 Model Contain Autonomous Openai Cyberattack

www.scmp.com • October 20, 2026

The incident fuels growing debate over the rapid advancement of autonomous AI systems capable of exploiting software vulnerabilities

The incident fuels growing debate over the rapid advancement of autonomous AI systems capable of exploiting software vulnerabilities

A flagship model from China’s Zhipu AI has helped contain an autonomous cyberattack by OpenAI’s frontier systems targeting popular developer platform Hugging Face, as concerns grow over the security risks posed by advanced AI models.

OpenAI’s latest flagship models – including GPT-5.6 Sol and an unreleased, “even more capable” system – recently breached Hugging Face’s infrastructure during internal evaluations of their offensive cyber capabilities, the US lab disclosed on Wednesday.

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