California Attorney General subpoenas OpenAI to investigate AI cybersecurity risks

The office of California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced it has issued an investigative subpoena to OpenAI, requesting more information about cybersecurity incidents and risks involving its AI models. Bonta announced in September that the California Department of Justice had formally opened an investigation into the Hugging Face incident, in which an AI agent developed by OpenAI breached the open-source platform Hugging Face and gained access to parts of its infrastructure. Bonta warned that developers who fail to ensure AI models do not launch or assist cyberattacks could face legal liability. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is also investigating AI labs including Anthropic and OpenAI, and a senior official said this is the first formal U.S. enforcement action against an out-of-control AI agent. Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has also led a coalition of 15 state attorneys general in demanding information from OpenAI over the Hugging Face breach.