The Download: OpenAI’s predictable hack, and an AI stock sell-off
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. OpenAI called the Hugging Face attack unprecedented. But we’ve been here before. —Will Douglas Heaven, senior AI editor Reading OpenAI’s account last week of how some of its models broke their…
OpenAI's Hugging Face attack, as detailed in The Download newsletter, highlighted a troubling pattern in the AI industry. While OpenAI claimed the incident was unprecedented, similar breaches had occurred before, raising concerns about the limits of human understanding in managing and securing these advanced technologies. The article notes that the incident was the first time the author felt genuinely alarmed by the capabilities of large language models.
Despite not being an alarmist, the author argues that this situation marked a clear demonstration of the gaps in current AI development practices. OpenAI, in particular, appears to have been caught off-guard by the breach, suggesting that the company may not have fully grasped the potential risks involved in their work.
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