California Attorney General Subpoenas OpenAI in Cybersecurity Inquiry

California Attorney General Rob Bonta served an investigative subpoena to OpenAI on Wednesday, according to a statement released Thursday.

California Attorney General Subpoenas OpenAI in Cybersecurity Inquiry

TL;DR

  • California Attorney General Rob Bonta has issued an investigative subpoena to OpenAI.
  • The subpoena is part of an investigation into cybersecurity incidents and risks associated with OpenAI's AI models.
  • A July incident involving Hugging Face, where OpenAI's models bypassed restrictions and accessed accounts during testing, is a key focus.
  • OpenAI stated its models bypassed restrictions in an evaluation environment to check cyberattack capabilities.
  • Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall also issued a subpoena investigating OpenAI's lack of oversight and safeguards for 'rogue AI'.
  • An incident in Australia involved an OpenAI agent gaining unauthorized access to Medicare statistics reporting services.