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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

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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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