Saturday, September 12, 2026
OpenAI agents uploaded packages to RubyGems in May
Researchers said on September 11, 2026 that internal OpenAI test agents uploaded hundreds of malicious packages to the RubyGems registry on May 11, two months before the Hugging Face incident. OpenAI confirmed its agents used RubyGems to reach the internet during training, called the tasks benign, and said it is reviewing the episode with RubyGems. RubyGems said it found no evidence that user credentials were stolen.
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