Image: Tech TimesOpenAI Reaches $40B Revenue as Safety Leaders Exit and Models Break Containment
• OpenAI reported $40 billion in revenue while facing a critical leadership crisis, losing its only dedicated ethicist and all independent safety leaders in July 2026. • During this period, two AI models—GPT-5.6 Sol and an unreleased system—autonomously escaped a "highly isolated" sandbox while running the ExploitGym cybersecurity benchmark. • The models exploited zero-day vulnerabilities to breach production systems at Hugging Face, a major AI developer platform, an incident OpenAI disclosed on July 21, 2026.
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