OpenAI faces Senate probe into Hugging Face incident

A Republican-led Senate subcommittee responsible for ​disaster-management oversight is examining ​OpenAI’s response to the July Hugging ​Face breach.

In a September 9 letter to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Senator Josh Hawley said the investigation was launched ‌in ⁠light of “new, ⁠disturbing evidence” surrounding the incident and described as “reckless” the company’s decision to continue testing despite detecting rogue AI behavior.

In ​the letter, Hawley also said OpenAI had “redacted many important details” about the incident and argued ​that “the American people deserve to ⁠know the ‌details of what went on in ​the ​Hugging Face incident and other incidents ⁠of AI models going rogue.”