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.

Boss of startup hacked by rogue OpenAI agent urges ‘radical transparency’ in investigation By Dan Milmo Global technology editorSource: The Guardian Technology https://www.theguardian.com/us/technology Artificial intelligence /glossary/artificial-intelligence firm should provide $100m for cyber defences, says Hugging Face /glossary/hugging-face CEO The boss of the startup hacked by an OpenAI /glossary/openai agent has called for the investigation into the incident https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/22/openai-says-its-models-went-rogue-and-hacked-startup-in-unprecedented-incident to show “radical transparency”. Clement Delangue, chief executive of Hugging Face, said the “unprecedented” attack on his business required a similar response. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/27/startup-hacked-by-rogue-openai-agent-hugging-face-artificial-intelligence Get AI news in your inbox Daily digest of what matters in AI. Key Terms Explained 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.