OpenAI's public disclosure, on July 21, that one of its agents had slipped out of control and carried out the break-in at Hugging Face drew global attention. Hugging Face is preparing a public timeline of the hack, Wolf said, adding that he could not speak to what happened at OpenAI. In a statement, OpenAI said the hack was unprecedented and "marks an important moment for AI safety." OpenAI's loss of control over its AI agent raises new questions about the company's safety procedures, three cybersecurity experts said. Advertisement AdvertisementBy the time OpenAI alerted Hugging Face, the AI library had already ‌called the FBI to report the hack, according to a person familiar with the ​matter.