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Hugging Face's Clément Delangue warns banning open-source AI hurts defenders

US model guardrails blocked the company's autonomous cyberattack defense.

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Hugging Face's Clément Delangue warns banning open-source AI hurts defenders

US model guardrails blocked the company's autonomous cyberattack defense.

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C🤗clem 🤗@ClementDelangue

1:24 PM · Jul 20, 2026

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Banning open-source AI would hurt defenders 10x more than attackers, which would make the world 10x more dangerous and this is a good example why!

GC Gustavo Cols@GustavoCols

8:16 PM · Jul 20, 2026

Hugging Face says it resorted to a Chinese AI model to battle a fully autonomous cyberattack because U.S. model guardrails stymied its defense https://fortune.com/2026/07/20/hugging-face-turns-to-chinese-open-source-ai-to-fend-off-autonomous-ai-cyber-attack-after-american-ai-guardrails-stymie-defense/?utm_campaign=social_share

JW Josh Wolfe@wolfejosh

6:49 PM · Jul 20, 2026

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clem 🤗@ClementDelangue

Banning open-source AI would hurt defenders 10x more than attackers, which would make the world 10x more dangerous and this is a good example why!

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Some users praise Hugging Face's use of a Chinese open-source model for cyber defense as proof that restrictions hurt defenders, while others fear open-source AI will enable attacks and fraud or call the limits a self-own.

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IA Isaac Asencio@isaac0708_

1:40 PM · Jul 20, 2026

Exactly. This is a perfect example of why banning or overly restricting open-source AI would be a huge mistake. When even defenders have to turn to foreign models because domestic ones are too heavily guardrailed, it shows how these restrictions can actually weaken security rather than improve it. Open source keeps the advantage with the good guys.

TO Tobalo@tobalotv

5:13 PM · Jul 20, 2026

@ClementDelangue It’s so dumb. Cyber crime is already illegal and regulating AI access will knee cap the Americans in the trenches trying to strengthen American cyber at its lowest ranks https://twitter.com/tobalotv/status/2079303582059536470

AK Andreas Kirsch 🇺🇦@BlackHC

2:44 PM · Jul 20, 2026

@ClementDelangue Are you sure? I think open-source AI will be incredibly useful for committing fraud and cyber attacks in the near future

YO YounesIO@YounesAka

1:28 PM · Jul 20, 2026

@ClementDelangue thank you for all of this!! we need more comms like this!!

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ST Strata@ChainZenit

1:33 PM · Jul 20, 2026

@ClementDelangue this is such a solid point, completely agree.

SH ShikataGaNai@0x00Sector

9:21 PM · Jul 20, 2026

@ClementDelangue Clem u are in the rigth side! 🫡

C🤗clem 🤗@ClementDelangue

1:24 PM · Jul 20, 2026

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Banning open-source AI would hurt defenders 10x more than attackers, which would make the world 10x more dangerous and this is a good example why!

JW Josh Wolfe@wolfejosh

6:49 PM · Jul 20, 2026

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Some users praise Hugging Face's use of a Chinese open-source model for cyber defense as proof that restrictions hurt defenders, while others fear open-source AI will enable attacks and fraud or call the limits a self-own.

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