Hawley probes OpenAI over Hugging Face breach
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OpenAI is facing mounting pressure from Capitol Hill due to the attack its agents carried out on Hugging Face, while lawmakers voice widening concerns about AI’s potentially existential risks.
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo. , criticized OpenAI leadership for what he described as “reckless” activities leading up to the Hugging Face breach , and accused the company of withholding important details from a technical report it released in late August.
The Chair of the Subcommittee on Disaster Management kicked off an investigation into the incident “in light of new, disturbing evidence,” he wrote in a letter Tuesday to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
“My investigation will probe this AI hacking incident, along with growing allegations of the existential risk of new AI products,” Hawley added.