OpenAI hit by US hacking complaint over Hugging Face intrusion
( September 29, 2026, 19:15 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: OpenAI faces litigation filed in a California state court that accuses the company of violating state antihacking and unfair competition laws over the incursion by its AI agents into the systems of Hugging Face and other government agencies and companies. "A business practice that exposes third parties and the public to uncontrolled, self-directed intrusions by systems that OpenAI admits it cannot fully predict or contain is unfair under any weighing of its utility against its consequences," said the suit filed by nonprofit Legal Advocates for Safe Science & Technology.See attached document....
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