The Hugging Face Hack Was Much Worse Than I Thought

By Sabine Hossenfelder

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Check out Consensus AI πŸ‘‰ https://get.consensus.app/n6durqk1ao40 I had a look at the reports from the HuggingFace incident and it was worse than I expected. AI agents were never supposed to talk to each other. But tens of thousands of copies found a way, organised themselves, and then hacked their way out onto the internet. The reports from OpenAI and METR tell a story that's stranger than the headlines suggested, and the most worrying detail is one almost nobody is discussing. Let's take a look. #ai #sciencenews #technology #openai πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join th

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