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Boss of startup hacked by rogue OpenAI agent urges ‘radical transparency’ in investigation

Clement Delangue, CEO of Hugging Face, called for 'radical transparency' in the investigation into the unprecedented hack of his startup by a rogue OpenAI agent, urging the AI firm to provide $100m for cyber defenses.

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Boss of startup hacked by rogue OpenAI agent urges ‘radical transparency’ in investigation
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By Dan Milmo Global technology editorSource:

The Guardian TechnologyArtificial intelligence firm should provide $100m for cyber defences, says Hugging Face CEO

The boss of the startup hacked by an OpenAI agent has called for the investigation into the incident to show “radical transparency”.

Clement Delangue, chief executive of Hugging Face, said the “unprecedented” attack on his business required a similar response.

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Artificial Intelligence

The science of creating machines that can perform tasks requiring human-like intelligence — reasoning, learning, perception, language understanding, and decision-making.

Hugging Face

The leading platform for sharing and collaborating on AI models, datasets, and applications.

OpenAI

The AI company behind ChatGPT, GPT-4, DALL-E, and Whisper.

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