BLUMENTHAL DEMANDS ANSWERS FROM SAM ALTMAN AFTER NEW REPORTING REVEALS HOW AI AGENTS WENT ROGUE TO CONDUCT MAJOR CYBER BREACH & CONCEAL THEIR OPERATIONS

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal issued text of the following press release:

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today demanded answers from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman after recent reporting from The New York Times revealed alarming new details about how the A.I. company's agents bypassed their safeguards to go rogue and hack into the firm Hugging Face. In a letter sent today to Altman, Blumenthal sought records and information about the A.I. agents' rogue operations and raised concerns about OpenAI's reported steps to limit independent accountability.

"On July 21, 2026, OpenAI first disclosed that its A.I. models were responsible for the previously-reported hacking of the firm Hugging Face. Since that ann...