Alabama Subpoenas OpenAI Over Hugging Face Hack
NYT reporter flags the incident as an AI capabilities case study while a second post reports Alabama's subpoena.
Dylan Freedman posted that his New York Times story examines the OpenAI-Hugging Face incident as a case study in dangerous AI capabilities, setting it apart from other recent frontier-lab cyberattacks. Rohan Paul separately stated that Alabama subpoenaed OpenAI over the Hugging Face hack. He noted the state is applying consumer-protection law to an internal unreleased AI evaluation even though Hugging Face was the immediate victim, and is checking whether OpenAI safeguards were inadequate.
My latest NYT story breaks down the OpenAI-Hugging Face incident. It’s a case study for dangerous A.I. capabilities and stands out from the other recent cyberattacks accidentally caused by frontier labs:
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Rohan Paul@rohanpaul_aiJUST IN: Alabama has subpoenaed OpenAI over the Hugging Face hack. Alabama is trying to apply ordinary consumer-protection law to an internal, unreleased AI evaluation, even though Hugging Face was the immediate victim. The state is examining whether OpenAI's safeguards were…
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AC Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has issued a subpoena demanding that OpenAI, led by Sam Altman, respond to an investigation into the company's - I will quote - 'complete lack of oversight and adequate safeguards' in the Hugging Face incident.
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BR Brian Roemmele@BrianRoemmeleThese AI companies that pay the game of “LOOK MY AI IS SO POWERFUL IT DID A BAD THING” marketing of OpenAI and Anthropic is landing them with severe criminal investigations. Disclosures will disclose this as the marketing scam it has been. There just may be jail terms.
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