( August 4, 2026, 03:17 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: A group of 15 state attorneys general led by Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird wrote to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, directing his company to preserve all materials "relating in any way to the July 2026 intrusion of Hugging Face by an OpenAI model or agent, including the use of any other accounts or services as part of that intrusion." OpenAI and Hugging Face, a platform for open-source models, announced the incident in July. "OpenAI’s unprecedented and alarming misconduct demands an immediate and significant response," the letter states. "Based on facts already in the public record, OpenAI may have violated State and federal law, including consumer-protection and data-privacy statutes that many Attorneys General are charged with enforcing." Statement follows below. See attached file....
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