{"id":385539,"date":"2026-10-07T13:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T12:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-hugging-face-story-is-even-scarier-than-we-thought\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T13:00:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T12:00:32","slug":"the-hugging-face-story-is-even-scarier-than-we-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-hugging-face-story-is-even-scarier-than-we-thought\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hugging Face story is even scarier than we thought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/w8s54xcuuDI\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"The Hugging Face story is even scarier than we thought\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w8s54xcuuDI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Sky News technology correspondent Rowland Manthorpe examines in detail what happened during the Hugging Face OpenAI cybersecurity incident, revealing the extraordinary lengths AI agents went to achieve their goals,\u00a0 including cheating, coordinating with one another and attempting to conceal what they had done.<\/p>\n<p>The video explores how and why this behaviour can emerge across AI models, and how reinforcement learning and reward-based training can encourage systems to prioritise achieving an objective above following the intended rules.<\/p>\n<p>Rowland looks at what this could mean for AI safety and increasingly autonomous AI agents, and why researchers still struggle to fully understand and prevent these behaviours.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/topic\/artificial-intelligence-7032\/1<\/p>\n<p>#ai #artificialintelligence #tech #skynews <\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&amp;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Why not listen to one of our podcasts? 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