Hugging Face CEO Clem Delange revealed that he traveled to San Francisco to meet with OpenAI and discuss the case that an artificial intelligence model had independently attacked the company's systems.
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27/07/2026
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O Hugging Face's CEO, Clem Delangue, officially pronounced on the cyber attack that the company was targeted by an OpenAI Artificial Intelligence model, with the computer attack being conducted autonomously and without control from the company led by Sam Altman.
In a shared publication on social network X, Delange shared a photograph where he showed that he was on a plane starting his trip to San Francisco in the U.S., and indicated that he wanted to talk to OpenAI's leadership about what happened.
In another publication, Hugging Face's CEO admitted that he talked to OpenAI about the situation, revealing that he demanded a “radical transparency” about what happened. “ Let’s share the tracks of the agents who got out of control so that the entire research community can study what happened.”, wrote the executive.
Delangue also argued that more resources should be allocated so that companies can defend themselves. “ We will commit to 100 million dollars in computer power from OpenAI to help Hugging Face community develop robust cyber defenses with the best open and closed models.”He noticed Delange.
The leader of Hugging Face even advanced that “the first cyber attack carried out by an autonomous agent is an unprecedented event” and, as such, states that “you deserve an unprecedented answer”.
In the spirit of transparency, here’s what I asked @OpenAI:
• Radical transparency: let’s release the traits from the “rogue” agents so the entire research community can study what happened.
• More capabilities for defenses: let’s commit $100M in computer from OAI to help the.. https://t.co/KZPqQE15fv
— clem July 25, 2026
After these statements by Hugging Face CEO, OpenAI was contacted by TechCrunch to comment on what was said at the meeting. A representative of the Artificial Intelligence company pointed to a shared publication on social network X, where it is recognized that the situation was a “unprecedented incident”.
“ We recognize that there are many speculative questions and details to circulate regarding the Hugging Face incident.”, can be read in this publication. “ This is an unprecedented incident and we believe it marks an important moment in security for Artificial Intelligence.”.
OpenAI further points out that the company is located “to conduct a complete analysis together with external advisers”, adding that as soon as conclusions are drawn, share in the coming weeks “a technical report”.
We recognize there are a lot of questions and specific details circulating related to the Hugging Face incident.
This is an unprecedented incident, and we think it marks an important moment for AI safety.
We are still conducting a thorough review along with external..
— OpenAI (@OpenAI) July 25, 2026