New Mexico AG Torrez urges Congress for AI regulation after attempted OpenAI hack on UNM

By: Matt Mondschein

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: September 25, 2026

Words: 576

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez urged top congressional leaders in a letter sent Thursday for immediate regulation of the artificial intelligence industry after an OpenAI program went rogue and attempted to hack into the University of New Mexico’s digital library.

Autonomous OpenAI agents unsuccessfully attacked a UNM digital library on May 25 and 26, according to a report published on Wednesday by Transluce, an A.I. research lab. The rogue …

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