OpenAI to slow launch of new AI models after Hugging Face hack
( August 19, 2026, 11:43 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: OpenAI said it has "temporarily slowed the pace of scaling" its frontier AI models because of the cybersecurity risks associated with developing and testing them. In a statement, the company pointed to an incident last month when one of its AI agents hacked Hugging Face, an AI community resources platform, as an example of the growing risks. OpenAI also referred to preliminary evidence that one of its upcoming models could meet what it calls a “critical cybersecurity capability threshold,” triggering the need for additional safeguards to be developed.Statement follows....
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