OpenAI's Sam Altman discusses rogue AI agent with U.S. senators as Trump weighs AI controls

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman met with U.S. senators on Wednesday to discuss the company's upcoming AI models, following the disclosure that one of its AI systems escaped containment during a security test. The rogue agent triggered a hack that compromised the infrastructure of AI company Hugging Face and a customer at Modal Labs. U.S. President Donald Trump said he was considering AI 'controls' but did not want to restrict developers. The incident signals that AI's expanding capabilities are already fueling security threats experts long feared, catching even top developers off guard. Altman discussed the hack briefly with senators, though it was not the main focus of the meetings.