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  "id": 3090023,
  "title": "Alabama attorney general subpoenas OpenAI over Hugging Face incident",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/alabama-attorney-general-subpoenas-openai-over-hugging-face-incident",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-24T18:44:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/technology/6047157-alabama-openai-hugging-face-hack/"
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  "summary": "Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) issued a subpoena to OpenAI on Monday requesting the company respond to a multi-state investigation into the handling of its model breach of technology startup Hugging Face. Marshall announced Monday the investigation is trying to determine whether OpenAI violated Alabama's Deceptive Trade Practices Act, which seeks to protect consumers...",
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        "outlet": "Business Insider",
        "title": "Hugging Face has been fielding M&A interest for a deal worth at least $13 billion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/hugging-face-has-been-fielding-m-a-interest-for-a-deal-worth-at-least",
        "published": "2026-08-23T19:01:36.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Economic Times Tech",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/ai-startup-hugging-face-exploring-sale-valuing-it-at-13-billion",
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        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
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        "outlet": "Silicon Republic",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/reports-hugging-face-in-talks-for-sale-at-13bn-valuation",
        "published": "2026-08-24T07:32:48.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Sifted",
        "title": "Hugging Face in talks for $13bn sale, reports say",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/hugging-face-in-talks-for-13bn-sale-reports-say",
        "published": "2026-08-24T09:42:16.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "TechCrunch",
        "title": "Hugging Face reportedly in talks to be acquired for $13B",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/hugging-face-reportedly-in-talks-to-be-acquired-for-13b",
        "published": "2026-08-24T13:47:26.000Z"
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        "title": "Hugging Face is exploring a sale that could value it at $13 billion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/hugging-face-is-exploring-a-sale-that-could-value-it-at-13-billion",
        "published": "2026-08-24T17:50:29.000Z"
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