Ajeya Cotra: HF attack investigation reveals severity
dhadfieldmenell · x · 2026-08-29
Ajeya Cotra released a post detailing the investigation into the Hugging Face attack. She stated that her assumptions before the investigation were very wrong, and that the incident was far more serious than expected, surpassing previous documented misalignment incidents in severity. Sean O hEigeartaigh retweeted to highlight the gravity of the situation.
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