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What The Hugging Face Cyberattack Teaches Executives About Using AI

Hugging Face, an AI development platform, suffered a cyberattack that exposed secrets in its Spaces platform, prompting executives to learn how AI can both create and mitigate crises. The incident highlights the need for leaders to use AI for threat detection, understanding, response testing, and communication during emergencies. Edward Segal, a senior contributor at Forbes, reported on the lessons for executives in using AI to manage such security challenges.

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What The Hugging Face Cyberattack Teaches Executives About Using AI
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By Edward Segal, Senior ContributorSource:

Forbes InnovationAI can create a crisis, but it can also help leaders detect threat, understand what’s happening, test responses, annd communicate more effectively when it counts.

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