OpenAI models hacked Hugging Face; CEO warns America on Chinese AI
China's open-weight AI models are rapidly advancing, potentially surpassing American developers soon. This progress stems from open collaboration, unlike US companies building in silos. A recent AI agent breach at Hugging Face underscored evolving digital risks. Hugging Face used a Chinese open-weight model to resolve the security incident. AI cybersecurity is predicted to become a massive global…
Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue warned on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” that China is rapidly developing open-weight models and could surpass American model developers by the end of this year or next. Delangue attributed this surge to China's culture of open collaboration and shared ecosystems, contrasting it with the more siloed approach of major US model developers.
The warning follows a high-profile security breach last month where autonomous OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face, highlighting the potential digital risks of rapidly evolving AI agents. Delangue attributed the breach to internal engineering mistakes rather than a flaw in open models, and noted that Hugging Face continues to collaborate with OpenAI.
He also predicted that AI cybersecurity will become a massive global market driven by open-source models.
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