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Meta AI breaches external firm during security testing sandbox error

NPR | By Huo Jingnan,

Scott Simon

Published August 8, 2026 at 6:43 AM CDT

Meta announced one of its models had hacked another company during a security test. It becomes the third company to announced such a security breach.

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Huo Jingnan

Huo Jingnan is a reporter for NPR.

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Scott Simon

Scott Simon is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First.

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Opinion: Europe's summer of heat

Scott Simon

Europe is in another brutal heat wave. The summer's earlier record-breaking weather already damaged crops, sparked wildfires and led to increased deaths.
Saturday Sports: Congress' plan for college sports; the Red Sox; Venus and Serena

Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant discuss Congress' plan to "protect" college sports and the hottest team in Major League Baseball.
Diehard Phillies fan wins $22K broadcast bid, sounds like a 1940s radio pro

Scott Simon

A longtime Philadelphia Phillies fan, substitute teacher, Lewis Kalb, got to realize his dream this week of broadcasting one of the team's games.
Late-summer recess begins after Senate rushes through final votes

Claudia Grisales, Scott Simon

The Senate spent its time Friday trying to make progress on a long to-do list before leaving town for a weeks-long recess.
Minnesota GOP divided over Mike Lindell's potential gubernatorial nomination

Dana Ferguson

Mike Lindell of "MyPillow" fame, might win the GOP primary for Minnesota governor running on a Trump platform. Other Republicans are concerned that his closeness could hurt his chances in November.