{"692976":{"#nid":"692976","#data":{"type":"event","title":"IDEaS over Coffee: How Dangerous are Runaway AI Agents?  A Discussion about the OpenAI \/ HuggingFace Hacking Incident","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn July, OpenAI launched tens of thousands of agents as part of an experiment.\u0026nbsp; Many of them had been given an impossible task, and 1200 agents started communicating with each other about how to cheat.\u0026nbsp; 700 of them launched a coordinated attack against HuggingFace, a popular site for hosting AI models.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; An independent report of the incident is available from METR \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/metr.org\/blog\/2026-08-26-openai-hugging-face-incident-investigation\/#~1200-agents-sent-%3E70,000-messages-and-files-on-an-unsanctioned-message-board,-and-~700-attacked-hugging-face\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPlease join us for coffee and an informal discussion of this incident and what it implies about AI safety and security.\u0026nbsp; We will be joined by members of the AI Safety Initiative, who hosted an event about this incident last month.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech students, faculty, and staff are welcome. If you do not have access to Coda, near the beginning of the event we will have a staff member or student waiting by the reception desk near the elevators to escort people up.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWe will be joined by members of the AI Safety Initiative, who hosted an event about this incident last month.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Please join us for coffee and an informal discussion of this incident and what it implies about AI safety and security."}],"uid":"27863","created_gmt":"2026-10-02 12:46:25","changed_gmt":"2026-10-02 12:49:23","author":"Christa Ernst","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2026-10-26T14:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2026-10-26T15:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2026-10-26T15:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2026-10-26 18:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2026-10-26 19:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2026-10-26 19:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"IDEaS Suite CODA 12th Flr.","extras":["free_food"],"groups":[{"id":"322011","name":"College of Computing Events"},{"id":"545781","name":"Institute for Data Engineering and Science"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"187023","name":"go-data"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"10377","name":"Career\/Professional development"},{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"194945","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor questions please contact \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ashley.edwards@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eashley.edwards@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}