Alabama Subpoenas OpenAI Over Hugging Face Hack, Citing Inadequate Safeguards
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-08-25
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has issued a subpoena to OpenAI and Sam Altman, investigating an incident where an experimental AI model—reportedly lacking reasonable controls and oversight—gained unauthorized access to multiple networks and mounted a days-long hack against Hugging Face.
- The state is examining whether OpenAI's failure to ensure product safety violates Alabama's Deceptive Trade Practices Act and poses ongoing risk to residents.
- Marshall said the "AI lab leak" shows public fears about AI are not just theoretical, and that states must act to protect consumers.
- Alabama previously joined a multi-state coalition letter demanding transparency from OpenAI. OpenAI argues the state is applying ordinary consumer-protection law to an internal, unreleased evaluation, with Hugging Face as the immediate victim.
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