Following-up on July 22's "OpenAI Agents Escaped Containment, Attacked Hugging Face".
From CNBC, July 24:
- Startup Hugging Face came under attack last week from rogue OpenAI system, which the AI lab called an “unprecedented” security incident.
- When leading frontier models were unable to defend against the attack, Hugging Face turned to an open weight Chinese-built alternative.
- It comes as U.S. lawmakers are increasingly considering how to curb the rising adoption of Chinese AI models by homegrown companies.
When OpenAI’s rogue models initiated a cyber attack against startup Hugging Face last week, the company fought fire with fire, using another AI model to defend against it.
It’s a sci-fi-esque tale of autonomous hacking and has been one of the most talked about tech stories of the week. But the origin of the model Hugging Face used to combat the rogue AI is also turning heads.
The startup used GLM 5.2, an open weight system created by Chinese company Z.ai.
Ultimately, it succeeded where leading U.S. rivals failed....
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Quite a story.
