{"id":117761,"date":"2026-07-24T13:18:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T13:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/117761\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T13:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T13:18:14","slug":"hit-the-brakes-uab-expert-alarmed-after-ai-model-hacks-on-its-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/117761\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Hit the brakes\u2019: UAB expert alarmed after AI model hacks on its own"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wbrc.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">WBRC<\/a>) &#8211; Cyber hacking of a company\u2019s information is sadly commonplace because &#8211; perhaps even more sadly &#8211; people with various bad intentions tell computers to perform the activity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">That\u2019s why OpenAI\u2019s recent hack of Hugging Face alarms Ragib Hasan, UAB\u2019s Center For Cybersecurity, because an artificial intelligence model Open AI was testing, acted on its own.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cAs a cybersecurity researcher, it definitely bothers me\u2019 says Hasan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cIn this case, this was a benign incident because the harm done was not too much. It just broke into repository and stole answers. But imagine how much harm it can do if it breaks into, say, critical infrastructure. And it thinks it is doing something rational, but maybe that has impact on millions of people\u2019s lives if it impacts on national security or critical infrastructure. So it\u2019s really important to hit the brakes and take a look at how much control is going on to properly vet these kind of tools, test these tools before they\u2019re released.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Hasan was referring to the incident Open AI and Hugging Face self-reported earlier this month. OpenAI says a model it was testing escaped the environment researchers had created and then got on the internet and broke into Hugging Face, thinking that company might have the answers to the test the model was taking. The companies say Hugging Face detected and stopped the activity and that the companies are now working together to investigate what happened and address apparent vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">While noting how AI advancement have improved elements of our lives, Hasan suggests the event is a reminder not to become over-reliant on it and to push for responsible development of the technology.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cCompanies can develop anything, but they should be responsible just like gun makers and arms makers are responsibly developing the weapons\u2019 says Hasan. \u201cAI is as powerful as weapon if it falls into bad hands. So we should talk to our lawmakers to make sure that this proper regulation goes into the development of these AI tools and everything must be properly tested and vetted before they\u2019re released to the public.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">Get news alerts in the <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/wbrc-fox6-news\/id449660326\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple App Store<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.raycom.wbrc&amp;hl=en_US&amp;gl=US\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google Play Store<\/a> or subscribe to our email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbrc.com\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WBRC. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BIRMINGHAM, Ala. 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