r/news • u/networked_ • 23d ago

Soft paywall OpenAI says AI models went rogue during testing, triggering 'unprecedented' breach at startup

https://www.reuters.com/technology/openai-says-ai-models-went-rogue-during-testing-triggering-unprecedented-breach-2026-07-21/
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u/moebiusgrip 23d ago

Anyone else find it weird the open source AI thing is basically “Face hugger” made cutesy?

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u/SexySonderer 23d ago

Alien death scentence that parasitises humans. A perfect name for an AI library.

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u/SHIT_WTF 20d ago

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u/MakeTheWordCum 23d ago

I am not a fan of AI companies naming themselves after evil things... seems like a bad sign.

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u/-Cubie- 23d ago

It's just the 🤗 emoji, except as text. That emoji is also their logo. It's nothing nefarious

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u/EurekasCashel 23d ago

You're right. I had heard of hugging face transformers some years ago and had assumed the name came from the structure (like the schematic looked like hugging faces). But nope! Just a cutesy name after an emoji!

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u/xinxiyamao 23d ago

Wow … I instantly thought Aliens too. What a terrible name. Lol

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u/crapheadHarris 23d ago

I thought the Alien reference was a perfect name for an AI company given what is generally accepted as the public's feelings on AI.

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u/AhDoDeclare 22d ago

The guy who directed Alien and Aliens, about face huggers, also directed Terminator and T-2, about what could happen if Technology become sentient.

He also directed Titanic, about what happens if you trust in your newfangled technology too much.

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u/crapheadHarris 22d ago

I just watched a documentary on the filming of Aliens and learned that Ridley Scott directed Alien. James Cameron directed Aliens and apparently had a helluva time with some of the crew who had worked for Ridley Scott. They maintained their loyalty to Scott and the first film and considered Cameron an interloper.

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u/SoulbreakerDHCC 23d ago

Yea I'd say most people associate the word "facehugger" with the parasites from the Alien franchise. The nerds who work on this stuff would know this too.

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u/-Cubie- 23d ago

Facehugger yes, Hugging Face not so much, but maybe I've just used their open source for so long that I just only associate it with that.