everyone calls us by name, but the BBC says "a start-up" 🤷
Hugging Face CTO critiques BBC over generic "startup" label
The article reported on OpenAI models hacking the platform.
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Generic phrasing leaves readers guessing
The BBC piece described an autonomous AI agent chaining exploits during an internal OpenAI evaluation but did not identify Hugging Face in the lead, prompting the executive's highlighted screenshot.
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No follow-up naming appears in the coverage
Contemporaneous reports confirm Hugging Face as the target yet the original BBC wording stayed unchanged in sampled versions, leaving the choice of language as the main point raised by the team.
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Many users defended Hugging Face by rejecting the BBC's generic 'start-up' label and praising its open-source leadership, while others criticized the media framing as lagging behind reality and insulted the journalists.
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You don't hate journalists enough :)
everyone calls us by name, but the BBC says "a start-up" 🤷
@julien_c "an emoji"
everyone calls us by name, but the BBC says "a start-up" 🤷
@julien_c nyt said "digital library" i think :(
@julien_c i can see the BBC intern writing this like: "there's no f**ing way the company is called 🤗. let's stick with "startup" to make sure i don't get fired"
@julien_c in US if you are not valuated 100B+ you are a startup 🤣
@julien_c no one should even be talking about this. Its forced regulatory capture masquerading as a sec breach. Shame on anyone perpetrating this narrative, it will have severe consequences to access of information.
@connacher_ Perfide Albion
@julien_c The greybeards are afraid of saying Huggingface b/c they think it's a kink thing.
@julien_c you're always be Facehugger to me <3 yes i've seen Aliens too many times, why do you ask?
@julien_c When are you doing your seed round? your going to be huge!
@julien_c A 100m ARR startup is a good way to be known?
@julien_c Can i invest in your startup? I'm sure it will be something big soon
@julien_c media framing is always fascinating when everyone calls you by name but they stick to a generic label it shows how perception lags behind reality
@julien_c Heyyy that's not true, NY times calls you internet library 🤣
@julien_c You guys are huge but also normies don’t know what Hugging Face is
@yacineMTB i actually do hate them more than anyone can imagine
@julien_c Why care about that newspaper?
@julien_c 🤣🤣 bbc editor heard huggingface and said we can’t have that published
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@timgilmour fun fact: there's a small huggingface sticker hidden in the Gyger museum in Gruyères, Switzerland 🙂