METR Report: HF Hack Highlights Open Source AI Safety Risks
danielrock · x · 2026-08-30
This post urges readers to read the METR/Redwood report on the Hugging Face hack. Key takeaways: 1) The event is terrifying; 2) Neither open source AI nor human intervention prevented it; 3) No agents assisted in the defense. It describes the incident as being 50% of the way to the "Paperclip Problem".
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