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1. cmiles8 · 1790617857 · focus · HN ↗

   This seems like as a good an opportunity as any to break out the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

   They want “regulation” but we already have it. Hacking is illegal. Start locking up those responsible for this mess and I assure you they’ll “have a handle on it” quite quickly.

   1. i2talics · 1790620155 · focus · HN ↗

      IMO: The inability to prosecute OpenAI for these things is proof that the AI industry is already "too big to fail". Why didn't HuggingFace try to seek legal liability against OpenAI when it had explicit confirmation that they had been hacked? Because HF understands that it needs OAI and the rest of the AI industry to continue to exist and be in good legal standing, for the interest of HF's own self preservation. This is what it means for something to be too big to fail.

      1. pj_mukh · 1790620873 · focus · HN ↗

         >>Why didn't HuggingFace try to seek legal liability against OpenAI when it had explicit confirmation that they had been hacked? Because HF understands that it needs OAI and the rest of the AI industry to continue to exist and be in good legal standing

         But also, what was the material damage to HuggingFace? AFAICS, it rapidly increased their profile to the point that Jensen claims he paid too much for HF, because he bought right after the hack.

         1. alwa · 1790624517 · focus · HN ↗

            Perhaps some of that premium was because Nvidia definitely knows it needs OAI and the rest...

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