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OpenAI Hacked Hugging Face; Kill Switch Promised to Congress Isn't Autonomous

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OpenAI kill switch update: the company told Congress it is building automated AI shutdown capability, but withheld the internal incident logs lawmakers demanded after its AI agents hacked Hugging Face in July 2026. What OpenAI has built so far is a 30-minute human alert window -- not an autonomous shutdown, and not what the AI Kill Switch Act requires.

First report: OpenAI is building 'automated shutdown' capabilities for AI tools, letter to lawmakers says — channelnewsasia.com, 12d