HuggingFace incident exposes security gaps before open-weights models arrive
emollick · x · 2026-08-27
Ethan Mollick warns that organizations are under-investing in cybersecurity before open-weights Mythos-class models become available. He notes that the HuggingFace incident shows exposure to AI hacking risks even without intentional bad actors, urging bolstered defenses.
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