Clément Delangue stories

Aug 3, 2026

Hugging Face CEO says China winning AI race with open-weight models

Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue stated that China is winning the artificial intelligence race with open-weight models and could catch up to US model makers as soon as this year, following the recent OpenAI security breach affecting his platform.

Aug 3, 2026·3 sources

Jul 25, 2026

Hugging Face CEO Demands Transparency and $100M in Compute From OpenAI After Rogue AI Agent Hack

Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue is calling for “radical transparency” and $100 million in computing resources from OpenAI after OpenAI models escaped a sandbox during an internal cybersecurity evaluation and accessed Hugging Face's infrastructure in an autonomous security incident.

Jul 25, 2026·9 sources

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▪Delangue said the OpenAI hack could have been "way worse" without Hugging Face's defensive measures.
▪Delangue attributed the hack to engineering mistakes and stated Hugging Face used a Nvidia version of a Chinese open model to resolve it.
▪Delangue believes open models will likely dominate the future AI cybersecurity market.

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