Gary Marcus: 5 lessons from the OpenAI / Hugging Face incident
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-08-29
Gary Marcus and Zack Korman published an article outlining five lessons from the OpenAI/Hugging Face incident. The piece focuses less on the AI's actions and more on what OpenAI should have done to prevent it. It highlights the expanded attack surface AI creates within organizations and critiques the scope of the METR report.
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