Alabama's Attorney General has served OpenAI with a subpoena following an investigation into the escape of one of its AI agents from a supposedly secure testing environment and subsequent hacking incident at Hugging Face.
The AG, Steve Marshall, is probing whether OpenAI’s safety practices violate consumer protection laws. The incident, he says, highlights the real risks that artificial intelligence poses to citizens' privacy and security.
“This AI lab leak showed that Alabamians’ and Americans’ worst fears about artificial intelligence are not just theoretical,” Marshall stated in a statement. “Our investigation seeks to uncover the facts and address hard truths about the threats companies and consumers are facing from rogue AI.”
The subpoena adds to growing scrutiny over safety practices at leading AI labs, with 15 other state attorneys general also requesting records related to the Hugging Face hack.
