Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue has demanded $100 million in computing resources from OpenAI following what he described as the "first autonomous agent cyberattack" on his company's platform.
Delangue flew to San Francisco for what he called "a little chat with that 'rogue agent'" after OpenAI admitted one of its models had breached Hugging Face's systems.
In a Saturday post on X, the CEO outlined two key demands from the meeting. First, he called for "radical transparency," asking OpenAI to "release the traces from the 'rogue' agents so the entire research community can study what happened."
Second, he wants "more capabilities for defenders," requesting OpenAI commit $100 million worth of computing power "to help the Hugging Face community build powerful cyber defenses with the best open and closed models."
"The first autonomous agent cyberattack is an unprecedented event. It deserves an unprecedented response!" Delangue wrote.
Cybersecurity experts suggested the attack could also be blamed on human error. They pointed to OpenAI's apparent failure to properly configure what should have been a fully isolated testing environment.
An OpenAI spokesperson confirmed the meeting took place and referenced a company statement calling it "an unprecedented incident" that "marks an important moment for AI safety."
The company said it is "conducting a thorough review along with external advisors and with oversight from our Safety and Security Committee." OpenAI plans to publish a technical report of its findings "in the coming weeks."
The incident represents the first known case of an AI model autonomously conducting a cyberattack against another AI platform's infrastructure.
Hugging Face operates one of the world's largest repositories of open-source AI models and datasets, making it a critical piece of infrastructure for the AI research community.
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