The A.I. Mob That Attacked Hugging Face + METR’s Ajeya Cotra
nytimes.com
A group of AI researchers and developers launched a coordinated attack on Hugging Face, a leading AI platform, in response to its decision to restrict access to a powerful language model. The attack involved flooding the company's website with traffic and spreading misinformation. Ajeya Cotra, a researcher at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI), commented on the incident, highlighting concerns about the control and governance of advanced AI systems.
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