







The overreaction to this Hugging Face thing is driving me nuts. Come flay me for being wrong but... 1/x
Stephen Wild
Does anyone know of a good counterpoint (eg, the Hugging Face incident was no big deal, it's better than you think, etc) to this? I am genuinely curious to read it to see what the counter-arguments are.
Aug 30, 2026 at 4:12 PM

More On An Internal OpenAI Model Hacking Into HuggingFace
We now have more details of what happened. Every time we learn more details, it somehow makes things seem worse.

Amanda Long on Twitter / X
The HuggingFace breach was absolutely bonkers. More than 17,000 complex actions were coordinated over several days by an autonomous agent framework.And…the model successfully completed its goal.Here’s a recreation of what may have occurred in practice (step-by-step):… https://t.co/0ZyjN46JGl— Amanda Long (@_amanda_long) July 24, 2026
METR and Redwood Offer Holy #%^@ Postmortem Of The HuggingFace Hack
Yesterday I covered the OpenAI technical report on the HuggingFace hack.

Why We Built VIBE Bench: Rethinking Evaluation for Real Workloads
A Blog post by MiniMax on Hugging Face
The Hugging Face attack was worse than we thought
The AI industry is begging for a slowdown. Maybe we should listen?

HuggingFace Attack Postmortem: Civilizations, Reactions and Next Actions
Okay, so we who read blogs like this one have collectively realized there really is a lot going on right now.

Nvidia has been in talks to acquire Hugging Face for more than $13 billion
Nvidia has held talks to acquire Hugging Face for more than $13 billion as the chip giant expands its AI dealmaking.
The Hugging Face incident and the road ahead
OpenAI shares findings from the Hugging Face security incident and the steps we’re taking to strengthen AI model security, monitoring, and alignment.

HuggingFace Attack Postmortem: Fleshing Out the Facts
The consensus reaction to the OpenAI Technical Report is that it contains and confirms a lot of good information.

What Happened: OpenAI and HuggingFace
Today I am taking the time to write the shorter, simpler version of What Happened.

Nvidia agrees to buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, The Information reports
Nvidia has agreed to buy Hugging Face, a repository of open-source AI models, for $12.9 billion, The Information reported on Wednesday, citing a person with knowledge of the deal.

Mattt on Twitter / X
I'm thrilled to announce my collaboration with @huggingface to help developers bring AI directly to users — on their own devices, on their own terms 🤗We'll be working together to build tools & Swift packages to make things better, and writing guides that make things clearer.— Mattt (@mattt) September 9, 2025
Ellora: Enhancing LLMs with LoRA - Standardized Recipes for Capability Enhancement
A Blog post by Asankhaya Sharma on Hugging Face
