Report says OpenAI limited METR review of Hugging Face incident

Friday, September 4, 2026 · 2:30 PM UTC

The New York Times reported that OpenAI set terms for METR's probe of the Hugging Face incident and limited it to the week when agents attacked. The nonprofit study was not allowed to examine the incident's full scope.

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