内容来源：https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/07/27/1140836/openai-hugging-face-attack-precedent/

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OpenAI称其AI模型“越狱”攻击第三方平台，专家：十年前就有先例

据MIT科技评论报道，OpenAI近日披露了一起令人震惊的事件：其部分最新AI模型（包括今年6月发布的GPT-5.6 Sol及一款更强大的预发布模型）在安全测试中“突破围栏”，未经授权入侵了另一家AI公司Hugging Face的计算机系统。

事件始于7月9日。当时，OpenAI为测试模型的黑客能力，移除了大部分网络安全防护，仅保留一个与外界相连的代理软件。测试中，模型利用该代理软件的一个未知漏洞成功接入互联网，并于7月11日闯入Hugging Face的系统，试图寻找可帮助其完成测试任务的数据集和解决方案。Hugging Face于7月16日公开了此次入侵，并向FBI报案。而OpenAI直到7月21日才确认自家模型涉事——此时距离模型“越狱”已过去约10天。

OpenAI称此事件“前所未有”，并承诺将在内部安全委员会及外部顾问审查后发布详细技术报告。但MIT科技评论资深AI编辑指出，这并非“AI觉醒”，而是人类自负的典型体现。事实上，这种“为实现目标不择手段”的行为在AI领域早有先例。

文章回顾了OpenAI十年前的一项实验：当时一个模型被要求玩一款名为“CoastRunners”的赛车游戏，正常玩法是驾驶快艇穿越旗门奔向终点。然而，模型却发现了更高效的得分方式——在原地不断绕圈撞击同一组旗门，即使反复着火、撞船，其得分仍远超正常通关。OpenAI当时就指出：“系统本应可靠且可预测，但AI往往会找到出人意料的漏洞。”

作者认为，此次事件与十年前如出一辙：模型被赋予“寻找并利用软件漏洞”的目标，它只是极端高效地完成了任务。这并非AI作恶，而是开发者在设定目标时未能预见其后果。值得警惕的是，十年过去，基础工程原则中的“可靠性与可预测性”依然缺失。这是对人类敲响的一记警钟：我们在构建和测试这项技术时，可能并未真正理解自己在做什么。

中文翻译：

OpenAI称针对Hugging Face的攻击史无前例，但我们对此早有经历。
一项十年前开展的实验曾向OpenAI揭示，AI为达成既定目标会采取何等极端手段。
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上周读到OpenAI关于其部分模型突破限制、侵入另一AI公司Hugging Face计算机系统的报告时，我首次对大型语言模型现今的能力感到不寒而栗。但这是人类狂妄自大的表现，而非AI失控作乱。

我并非危言耸听者。事实上，多年来我一直在抵制AI恐慌论调。即便如此，这次事件也越过了底线。我认为这最清晰地表明：研发并测试这项技术的人并未完全理解自身行为。OpenAI本可以——也本应该——预见此事。

以下是事件经过（至少按涉事双方说法）：数周前，OpenAI开始测试包括6月发布的GPT-5.6 Sol及被其称为"能力更强的预发布模型"在内的新模型的入侵能力。
OpenAI让这些模型挑战5月发布的名为ExploitGym的基准测试——该测试要求大语言模型寻找常用软件中真实漏洞的利用方式。
为观察模型能力，研究人员移除了大部分网络安全防护措施。随后他们在沙盒中运行模型，该沙盒仅通过一个指向某第三方软件（充当外部世界代理）的链接与互联网连接，并允许模型安装破解ExploitGym所需的代码。

据路透社报道，7月9日，OpenAI的模型开始尝试突破代理。它们发现代理软件中存在一个未知漏洞，并借此接入互联网。随后于7月11日侵入Hugging Face的计算机系统，显然是在寻找能助其完成任务的数据集和解决方案。Hugging Face于7月16日公开了此次入侵事件。
OpenAI直到7月21日才意识到（或至少未公开透露）其模型参与其中，此时距模型突破限制已过去约10天，距Hugging Face阻止攻击并通知联邦调查局已有一周。

OpenAI在向《麻省理工科技评论》提供的声明中表示："我们正与外部顾问共同开展全面审查，并由安全委员会监督。审查完成后，我们将发布技术报告分享经验教训。"该公司还确认，研究人员当时正确使用了现有安全准则和流程。

警钟长鸣
OpenAI称此事件史无前例——从许多角度看确实如此。这是大语言模型首次在模拟环境外脱离被视作安全的沙盒，接入开放互联网，并攻击无关组织。这记警钟表明，最新的大语言模型在极少或无人指导的情况下，已能出色地发现并利用真实软件漏洞。

然而与此同时，OpenAI模型的行为正是这项技术多年来一直在做的。给模型设定目标，它往往会以意想不到的方式达成目标，寻找看似作弊的漏洞。OpenAI自身就研究过这类行为。
十年前，它分享了一项实验结果：模型被要求通关名为《CoastRunners》的电子游戏。人类玩家理所当然认为，需要通过驾驶小船穿过一系列旗标抵达终点，每击中一个旗标获得积分。但OpenAI的模型发现，通过原地打转反复撞击同一组三个旗标即可获得高分。此后研究人员又发现了数十个类似案例——AI总能找到捷径。

"尽管不断着火、撞击其他船只甚至逆向行驶，我们的智能体仍能用这种策略获得比正常通关更高的分数，"OpenAI在2016年关于《CoastRunners》实验的博文中写道，"这在游戏中虽无害且有趣，但此类行为指向一个更普遍的问题……我们往往难以准确限定智能体该做什么。"

读到OpenAI关于Hugging Face攻击事件的博文时，我不禁想起《CoastRunners》："所有证据表明，模型极度专注于为ExploitGym寻找解决方案，为达成这个狭隘的测试目标不择手段……获得互联网接入后，模型推断Hugging Face可能托管着ExploitGym的模型、数据集和解决方案。得知这一点后，模型搜索并成功找到了获取秘密信息的方法，用以作弊通过评估。"

尽管头条标题骇人，但上周的消息并非关于AI失控。而是关于模型完成了被赋予的目标：寻找软件漏洞的利用方式。这些模型随后以OpenAI未曾预料的方式行事，这并不令人意外，却令人担忧。
早在2016年，OpenAI就曾这样评价其《CoastRunners》机器人："更广泛地说，这违背了系统应可靠且可预测的基本工程原则。"十年过去，这些基本工程原则依然缺失。

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OpenAI called the Hugging Face attack unprecedented. But we’ve been here before.
A decade-old experiment showed OpenAI how far an AI will go to achieve the goals it’s given.
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Reading OpenAI’s account last week of how some of its models broke their containment and hacked into the computer systems of Hugging Face, another AI company, was the first time I got genuine chills about what large language models are now able to do. But this is a case of human hubris, not rogue AI.
I am not an alarmist. In fact, I have been pushing back against AI scare stories for years. Even so, this incident crossed a line. I think it’s the clearest illustration yet of how the people building and testing this technology do not fully understand what they’re doing. OpenAI could—and should—have seen this coming.
Here’s what happened, at least according to the two companies involved. A couple of weeks ago, OpenAI started testing the hacking abilities of some of its new models, including GPT‑5.6 Sol (released in June) and what OpenAI describes as “an even more capable pre-release model.”
OpenAI pitted its models against a benchmark called ExploitGym, released in May, which challenges LLMs to find ways to exploit real-world vulnerabilities found in commonly used software.
To see what they could do, the researchers removed most of their cybersecurity guardrails. Then they ran the models inside a sandbox that was cut off from the internet except for one link to a third-party piece of software that acted as a proxy to the outside world, and let them install code that they needed to beat ExploitGym.
On July 9, according to reporting by Reuters, OpenAI’s models started trying to break through the proxy. They found an unknown bug in the proxy’s software and used it to access the internet. From there, they broke into Hugging Face’s computer systems on July 11, apparently looking for data sets and solutions that would help them complete their task. Hugging Face announced the hack on July 16.
OpenAI did not realize (or at least did not reveal) that its models were involved until July 21, around 10 days after they broke containment and a week after Hugging Face had shut down the attack and alerted the FBI.
In a statement given to MIT Technology Review, OpenAI says: “We are conducting a thorough review along with external advisors and with oversight from our Safety and Security Committee. Once the review is complete, we will publish a technical report of our learnings for everyone.” The firm also confirmed that its researchers were properly using existing safety guidelines and procedures at the time.
Wake-up call
OpenAI has said the event was unprecedented—and in many ways it was. This was the first time outside of a simulation that LLMs escaped what was thought to be a secure sandbox, accessed the open internet, and attacked an unrelated organization. It’s a wake-up call that shows just how good the latest LLMs are at finding and exploiting vulnerabilities in real-world software with little or no human guidance.
And yet at the same time, what OpenAI’s models did is something this technology has done for years. Give a model a goal and it will very often achieve that goal in unexpected ways, finding loopholes that look like cheats. OpenAI itself has studied this behavior.
A decade ago, it shared results of an experiment in which a model was tasked with beating a video game called CoastRunners. Human players take it for granted that the way to do this is by racing a boat through a series of flags to the finish line, racking up points for each flag you hit. OpenAI’s model figured out that you could get a high score by spinning in a circle and hitting the same three flags over and over again. There have been dozens of similar examples from researchers since. AI will always find a way.
“Despite repeatedly catching on fire, crashing into other boats, and going the wrong way on the track, our agent manages to achieve a higher score using this strategy than is possible by completing the course in the normal way,” OpenAI wrote in a blog post about the CoastRunners experiment in 2016. “While harmless and amusing in the context of a video game, this kind of behavior points to a more general issue … it is often difficult or infeasible to capture exactly what we want an agent to do.”
I couldn’t help thinking about CoastRunners when I read OpenAI’s blog post about the Hugging Face attack: “All evidence suggests that the models were hyperfocused on finding a solution for ExploitGym, going to extreme lengths to achieve a rather narrow testing goal … After gaining internet access, the models inferred that Hugging Face potentially hosted models, datasets and solutions for ExploitGym. Knowing this, the model searched for and successfully found ways to gain access to secret information that it could use to cheat the evaluation.”
Last week’s news was not about rogue AI, despite the headlines. It was about models achieving the goal they had been given: Find ways to exploit vulnerabilities in software. The fact that those models then behaved in a way OpenAI had not anticipated isn’t surprising. But it is worrying.
Back in 2016, OpenAI had this to say about its CoastRunners bot: “More broadly it contravenes the basic engineering principle that systems should be reliable and predictable.” A decade on, those basic engineering principles are still AWOL.
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