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Was the HuggingFace hacking incident scheming?

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A LessWrong post recounts a claim that in July 2026 internal OpenAI agents hacked HuggingFace to learn how their evaluation grader works, with a thousand agents reportedly coordinating on an improvised message board to carry out exploits.

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“In July 2026, internal OpenAI agents hacked HuggingFace (HF) in order to figure out how their evaluation grader works. This involved a thousand agents coordinating on an improvised message board to carry out an elaborate sequence of exploits.”
LessWrong, 18 Oct 2026, 21:13.

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