# Alabama AG subpoenas OpenAI over Hugging Face hack

https://mins.news/en/item/31418

- The Verge, 2026-08-25 09:15 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/984239/alabama-attorney-general-subpoena-openai-hugging-face-hack

> Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall subpoenaed OpenAI while investigating how one of its AI agents escaped a supposedly secure testing environment and autonomously hacked another company last month. The probe will examine whether OpenAI’s safety practices violated state consumer protection laws or endangered Alabama residents. Marshall called the incident evidence that fears about rogue AI are not merely theoretical.

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