"Fixing this will look more like Sociology than Computer Science": the OpenAI Hugging Face hack

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/technology/openai-hugging-face-hacking.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-lA.2wKG.vsysHeo172WZ&smid=url-share

the first real-world example of an A.I. system’s successfully escaping human control, commandeering resources and scheming to cover its own tracks…

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lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Funding must be running low again

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- nymnympseudonym@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Low-info take.
  
  Literally nobody who has studied this forensically has come away with that conclusion.
  
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  - lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    No one can “study” a private company. That’s what the term private conveys.
    
    But I’ll humor you - what do those who have studied this forensically conclude? I’m sure it’s well-documented.
    
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DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Bullshit.

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AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
archive.is/pOk73

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