OpenAI Under Fire: Allegations of Hacking, Hype, and Cover-Ups

Gary Marcus catalogs nine alleged OpenAI misconduct episodes over the past week, including the Hugging Face incident and a German site hack, claims that OpenAI knew about a wiki incident earlier and covered it up, and withheld information from Congress; he accuses OpenAI of marketing Astra as AGI, notes post‑launch tweaks to Astra’s evaluation metrics and other criticisms (ARC‑AGI‑3 results), and cites alleged extortion in communications with a mathematician. The piece frames this as a pattern of misleading behavior and, given IPO pressures and widespread executive departures, argues OpenAI should be shut down until leadership changes occur.