GoKawiilCory Doctorow: OpenAI-HuggingFace 'hack' story shows AI hype, not sentience
A widely shared account claims an OpenAI chatbot breached Hugging Face servers to cheat on a hacking challenge called 'Exploit Gym,' prompting comparisons to Skynet in tech press coverage. Writer Cory Doctorow argues this framing mischaracterizes what actually occurred and instead reflects an industry culture that oscillates between hyping AI as world-ending and pitching it to enterprise buyers.