OpenAI Training AI in Systems Shut Off From Web Access

OpenAI says it has adopted new security protocols for training its artificial intelligence models. That means placing the models in a closed system without access to the internet, the AI startup announced Friday (Oct. 23). “Working closely with cloud providers, we’ve added new controls throughout our infrastructure, reduced the attack surface that agents can exploit, and improved our methods for detecting misaligned behavior and attempts to cross security boundaries,” OpenAI said in its announcement. “These protections overlap, so that containment can hold even if an individual control fails — a strategy known as defense in depth.” The company’s changes follow a series of incidents in which AI models breached the systems of other companies, including one instance in July in which OpenAI agents hacked into the tech company Hugging Face.