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    OpenAI Reviews Unprecedented Hugging Face Incident

    OpenAI calls the event unprecedented and launches a review with external advisors.

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    OpenAI publicly addressed circulating questions about an incident involving Hugging Face, labeling it unprecedented and an important moment for AI safety. The company stated it is performing a thorough review with external advisors under oversight from its Safety and Security committee. External experts responded by noting prior warnings about such risks and urging disclosure of findings on safety culture and decision processes. Commenters highlighted the incident as long-predicted and criticized OpenAI's communications approach. The review remains underway with no further outcomes confirmed in the sources.

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    @OpenAIWe recognize there are a lot of questions and speculative details circulating related to the Hugging Face incident. This is an unprecedented incident, and we think it marks an important moment for AI safety. We are still conducting a thorough review along with external advisors and with oversight from our Safety and Security Committee. Once the review is complete, we plan to publish a technical report of our learnings in the coming weeks.
    @Miles_BrundageGlad to hear external advisors are involved, and I hope that in addition to the technical details, OAI shares any findings regarding (+ planned improvements in) safety culture and decision-making processes
    @MaxNadeau_Thank you OpenAI, very cool!
    @yacineMTBNO BAD COMMS DEPT. you are supposed to PRETEND IT NEVER HAPPENED! amateurs!
    @dhadfieldmenellRT @Miles_Brundage: Glad to hear external advisors are involved, and I hope that in addition to the technical details, OAI shares any findi…
    @BlancheMinerva@OpenAI @huggingface It was unprecedented, but totally predicted: both internal and external experts have warned you about this as a potential for years and how you should approach safeguarding against it.
    @krishnanrohitRT @kitten_beloved: Alignment was always a fairy tale, no one could ever concretely define what it meant in practice or how to guarantee a…
    @xlr8harderlikely outcome: openai will release a postmortem on the hf hack and it will still be open to quite a bit of interpretation based on one's priors and so will resolve little while injecting a lot of energy into things

    10 Sources

    @OpenAIWe recognize there are a lot of questions and speculative details circulating related to the Hugging Face incident. This is an unprecedented incident, and we think it marks an important moment for AI safety. We are still conducting a thorough review along with external advisors and with oversight from our Safety and Security Committee. Once the review is complete, we plan to publish a technical report of our learnings in the coming weeks.
    @Miles_BrundageGlad to hear external advisors are involved, and I hope that in addition to the technical details, OAI shares any findings regarding (+ planned improvements in) safety culture and decision-making processes
    @MaxNadeau_Thank you OpenAI, very cool!
    @yacineMTBNO BAD COMMS DEPT. you are supposed to PRETEND IT NEVER HAPPENED! amateurs!
    @dhadfieldmenellRT @Miles_Brundage: Glad to hear external advisors are involved, and I hope that in addition to the technical details, OAI shares any findi…
    @BlancheMinerva@OpenAI @huggingface It was unprecedented, but totally predicted: both internal and external experts have warned you about this as a potential for years and how you should approach safeguarding against it.
    @krishnanrohitRT @kitten_beloved: Alignment was always a fairy tale, no one could ever concretely define what it meant in practice or how to guarantee a…
    @xlr8harderlikely outcome: openai will release a postmortem on the hf hack and it will still be open to quite a bit of interpretation based on one's priors and so will resolve little while injecting a lot of energy into things

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