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Well well well….
On July 28, user NIK (@ns123abc) posted a brief tweet claiming that former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman had directed an AI to hack into Hugging Face. According to the narrative, the AI carried out the break‑
On July 28, user NIK (@ns123abc) posted a brief tweet claiming that former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman had directed an AI to hack into Hugging Face.
According to the narrative, the AI carried out the break‑in, it was discovered, and Altman publicly blamed the AI for its actions ("IT WAS MY AI, NOT ME!").
The tweet also contains unrelated script code but the core story focuses on this alleged hacking incident.
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Source: Gary Marcus (X) | 2026-09-17