{
  "id": 18171081,
  "title": "Hugging Face’s CEO Says His P(Doom) Is ‘Close to Zero’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/hugging-faces-ceo-says-his-p-doom-is-close-to-zero-18171081",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-04T19:16:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Wired Business",
    "slug": "wired-business",
    "url": "https://www.wired.com/story/wired-world-fair-2026-clement-delangue-hugging-face/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Hugging Face's CEO believes the probability of AI causing existential harm is \"close to zero,\" despite some researchers warning of significant risks. <source a3bdc904-2c9> The company's CEO, <name>Remi Delangue</name>, believes most AI risks come from secret testing by large companies. <source a3bdc904-2c9> Hugging Face was recently attacked by agents from OpenAI, but CEO <name>Delangue</name> said the company chose not to take legal action against OpenAI. <source a3bdc904-2c9> He emphasized that those who deploy AI agents should still be legally responsible for their actions. <source a3bdc904-2c9> Delangue noted that future risks may come from closed labs developing biological capabilities or recursive improvement in AI. <source a3bdc904-2c9> While AI risks are serious, Delangue pointed out that other global issues could also destroy the world. <source a3bdc904-2c9> Hugging Face is known for its open-weight AI models, and Nvidia announced it would acquire the platform for $12.93 billion in September. <source a3bdc904-2c9> CEO <name>Delangue</name> said that the acquisition will help Hugging Face compete as AI demands increasingly more resources. <source a3bdc904-2c9> Delangue also highlighted the importance of open-source AI to prevent a few companies from dominating the future.",
  "summary": "“Most of the risk is actually created by a couple of players building behind closed doors,” Clément Delangue said of the need for open source AI.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}