







I was the main person doing transcript analysis for this investigation of the Hugging Face incident. My main takeaway: We don't have good approaches for understanding/overseeing the activity and aims of AI 'swarms'.I semi-jokingly called our efforts a "slop-vestigation" because… https://t.co/eqBONVaSAV— Ryan Greenblatt (@RyanGreenblatt) August 26, 2026
Black Hat USA 2026: The 'Breaking' News: The OpenAI–Hugging Face Incident
Black Hat USA 2026: The 'Breaking' News: The OpenAI–Hugging Face Incident
Black Hat USA 2026: The 'Breaking' News: The OpenAI–Hugging Face Incident
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.

The Hugging Face attack was worse than we thought
The AI industry is begging for a slowdown. Maybe we should listen?

Models Don't Go Rogue
Stochastic Flocks & Cybersecurity 'Pandemonium' 💡This essay was drafted from my appearance on Mél Hogan's podcast, The Data Fix, discussing the OpenAI / Hugging Face hack. Embedded below or find it on your podcast services here. OpenAI put out its full technical report on the Hugging Face hack this week, alongside
Models Don't Go Rogue
Stochastic Flocks & Cybersecurity 'Pandemonium' 💡This essay was drafted from my appearance on Mél Hogan's podcast, The Data Fix, discussing the OpenAI / Hugging Face hack. Embedded below or find it on your podcast services here. OpenAI put out its full technical report on the Hugging Face hack this week, alongside
A big week for AI denialism
In the wake of OpenAI’s cyberattack against Hugging Face, few seem ready to acknowledge the implications

Brief independent investigation of agents’ behavior, reasoning and collaboration in the OpenAI / Hugging Face hacking incident
Two METR staff members and a Redwood Research contractor investigated an incident in which OpenAI agents coordinated a multi-day hack of Hugging Face on a shared unsanctioned message board.

Brief independent investigation of agents’ behavior, reasoning and collaboration in the OpenAI / Hugging Face hacking incident
Two METR staff members and a Redwood Research contractor investigated an incident in which OpenAI agents coordinated a multi-day hack of Hugging Face on a shared unsanctioned message board.

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
The Environmental Impacts of AI -- Primer
A Blog post by Sasha Luccioni on Hugging Face
Revealing the details of how OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face
When a swarm of 700 OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face in July, they left behind a public trail of evidence.

OpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident during model evaluation
OpenAI and Hugging Face share early findings from a security incident during AI model evaluation, highlighting advanced cyber capabilities and lessons for defenders.

Ajeya Cotra – "This might be the clearest warning shot we ever get"
continuedev/instinct-data · Datasets at Hugging Face
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