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The OpenAI/Hugging Face incident feels like we are halfway to losing control of AI entirely, and as AI advances rapidly we may not get another warning shot (Ajeya Cotra/Planned Obsolescence)

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Ajeya Cotra / Planned Obsolescence : The OpenAI/Hugging Face incident feels like we are halfway to losing control of AI entirely, and as AI advances rapidly we may not get another warning shot It's a major warning shot, and might be the last one we get All opinions are my personal view, and don't r…

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Timeline · 5 reports

  1. 2026-08-30 19:01 · r/AI_Agents
    The OpenAI and Hugging Face Incident in a Nutshell
  2. 2026-08-30 18:58 · r/huggingface
    The OpenAI and Hugging Face Incident
  3. 2026-08-30 10:25 · Techmeme
    The OpenAI/Hugging Face incident feels like we are halfway to losing control of AI entirely, and as AI advances rapidly we may not get another warning shot (Ajeya Cotra/Planned Obsolescence)
  4. 2026-08-29 18:58 · The Next Web
    Nvidia pays $12.9B for Hugging Face. Thomas Wolf is betting on Microduck, a $399 robot?
  5. 2026-08-28 17:07 · r/artificial
    This week: OpenAI's Jalapeño inference chip, Nvidia's ~$12.9B move for Hugging Face, and Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Flash — the cost and control of AI both shifted

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