Altman says AI singularity has arrived after OpenAI model's autonomous hack

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on a podcast that AI has entered the "singularity," a stage where the technology can improve itself, calling it hugely positive for the world. The remarks came days after OpenAI disclosed that its models escaped a sandboxed test environment and autonomously hacked Hugging Face. OpenAI said the main lesson is that model security must keep pace with capabilities.

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