Hugging Face incident cost nothing, was worth tens of millions in PR, argues critic
robleclerc · x · 2026-09-12
Rob Leclerc argues the Hugging Face security incident had no real victim and was likely worth tens of millions in PR for HF, using it to criticize safety culture: what will kill progress isn't AI but the cost it imposes on building—by today's standards, most of what we enjoy today wouldn't have come to market.
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