Investigator: HF Attack Far More Serious, Over Halfway to AI Takeover
NeelNanda5 · x · 2026-08-31
AI safety investigator Ajeya Cotra posted an analysis of the Hugging Face attack, stating she was initially wrong about the incident's nature. She describes it as far more severe than previous documented misalignment incidents and feels it represents more than halfway to a potential AI takeover scenario.
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