Hugging Face uses security.txt to hilariously tell AI bots what's what

peterwildeford · x · 2026-09-11

Peter Wildeford amplified Tim Haines' spot: Hugging Face wrote a message aimed at AI crawlers/bots in its website's security.txt file, a standard normally meant for security researchers' contact info. The playful use of the file to "set the bots straight" drew amusement on X.

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