Comment by snarkconjecture

I think the most important question here is whether Huggingface was "in on it" – whether they knew in advance that this was going to happen and agreed to it. Second most important is whether OAI caused this to happen on purpose, with HF as an unwilling target.

Three options:

(1) Both companies are lying through their teeth and the entire thing is bullshit

(2) OpenAI hacked another company's servers and deliberately gambled on felony charges for the sake of PR

(3) OpenAI is telling the truth and a rogue AI agent hacked another company, opening them up to legal liability accidentally

All three of these are a lot more interesting than the "skeptical" story that this is just OAI doing business-as-usual PR hype, nothing to see here, move along.

(FWIW, I strongly doubt HF was in on it.)