OpenAI Gets Sued Over the Hugging Face Hack
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OpenAI has been sued in California Superior Court by a legal advocacy group. The suit alleges that the company’s autonomous agents violated the Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act by hacking Hugging Face. Plaintiffs seek injunctive relief to prevent OpenAI from developing agents capable of unauthorized hacking.
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How it was reported
- Wired·OpenAI Gets Sued Over the Hugging Face Hack
Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology sued OpenAI in California Superior Court, alleging the company’s autonomous agents violated the Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act by hacking Hugging Face. The lawsuit seeks injunctive relief to bar OpenAI from developing agents capable of unauthorized hacking, citing California law that holds developers liable for autonomous AI harm.
- The Next Web·OpenAI is sued over the rogue agents that hacked Hugging Face
- Ars Technica·Lawsuit demands OpenAI halt unsafe development that caused Hugging Face hack
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