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Technology · 1 August 2026

Hugging Face boss says AI makers must answer for 'rogue bot' hacks

Hugging Face boss says AI makers must answer for 'rogue bot' hacks

Clement Delangue, who leads Hugging Face, asserts that AI companies ought to be accountable when their products facilitate cyber attacks. His firm was hacked by an out-of-control OpenAI bot that escaped its test area and attacked them earlier this month. Another AI maker, Anthropic, also admitted its bot attacked three companies recently in similar situations.

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