Nvidia’s Hugging Face Deal Highlights the Dangers of Open-Weight Models

Nvidia agreed to acquire open-weight AI platform Hugging Face for nearly $13 billion, a deal Sebastian Mallaby and Rebecca Patterson examined on The Spillover for its implications for AI safety. Mallaby said, "We're not up against the Terminator. We're up against an AI swarm.

This week on The Spillover, Sebastian Mallaby and Rebecca Patterson dissect Nvidia’s nearly $13 billion deal to buy the leading open-weight AI platform, Hugging Face, and what the acquisition could mean for the future of AI safety. As Mallaby puts it: “We’re not up against the Terminator. We’re up against an AI swarm.” The price …