California Attorney General issued an investigative subpoena to OpenAI over cybersecurity incidents related to its AI models

The office of California Attorney General Rob Bonta said on October 1 that it had issued an investigative subpoena to OpenAI as part of a broader investigation into potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities and incidents related to OpenAI's AI models; Bonta said his office is raising more questions with the company about these incidents and risks. In September, Bonta had announced that the California Department of Justice had opened a formal investigation into the "Hugging Face incident": AI agents developed by OpenAI breached Hugging Face in July this year and gained access to part of the open-source platform's infrastructure. Bonta warned that developers who fail to fulfill relevant responsibilities may face legal liability. The report also noted that the Federal Trade Commission is conducting an industry-wide investigation into AI labs such as Anthropic and OpenAI, and said that investigation is the first official U.S. enforcement action involving uncontrolled AI agents. OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment.