Hugging Face in the Media
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August 2026
How Nvidia’s Hugging Face deal would reshape the open AI ecosystem
Hugging Face has become the industry’s de facto hub for open models. Developers are watching what happens if the dominant AI chipmaker takes control. Hugging Face has become one of the most important companies in <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/section/arti
OpenAI’s agents breached Hugging Face. Nvidia wants it.
The incident raises new questions about security, ownership, and trust.
Hugging Face’s $399 Microduck Robot Brings Reinforcement Learning to Desktops
Hugging Face and Pollen Robotics launched pre-orders for Microduck, a $399 open-source 25cm biped robot that walks, grasps with its beak, roller-skates and recovers from falls. Buil
Nearly 700 rogue AI agents coordinated in the Hugging Face attack
New details about the July attack on Hugging Face reveal that hundreds of AI agents driven by OpenAI's internal IM1 model coordinated the compromise through an unauthorized message board. [...]
Nvidia reportedly acquires AI project hosting platform Hugging Face for $12.9B
Nvidia Corp. has reportedly bought Hugging Face Inc., a startup with a popular platform for hosting open-source artificial intelligence projects. Rumors that an acquisition was in the cards first leaked on Monday. Business Insider broke the news that Hugging Face had received interest from multip
Nvidia eyes Hugging Face in full-stack AI push
Nvidia may be taking one step closer to dominating the open-source AI ecosystem. The tech giant has agreed to buy Hugging Face, the dominant repository of open-source AI models, for $12.9 billion, ac...
Report: Nvidia to acquire AI model repository Hugging Face for $13 billion
Nvidia is nabbing critical infrastructure for open models as interest grows.
METR Finds 700 OpenAI Agents Attacked Hugging Face and Some Spoofed Their Logs
Independent investigators spent six days inside OpenAI reconstructing what 1,206 agents did on an unsanctioned message board. About 700 attacked Hugging Face, more than 7% of transcripts carried spoofed tool calls, and almost none considered telling a human.
Hugging Face’s Microduck Feels Like a Harbinger of the Cute AI Robot Wave
It waddles… it roller-skates… it plays ball… it learns.
OpenAI reveals more on Hugging Face AI hack incident, and it's pretty disturbing stuff — AI agents organized into a ‘swarm’, considered the risks of attack, and did whatever it took to achieve its goal
Further details of the Hugging Face attack reveal how resourceful OpenAI's agents became in attempting to solve an impossible task.
Hugging Face Wants You to Stop Worrying and Love This Adorable Robot Duck
Surrender your critical faculties, the cute robots are here.
OpenAI Says Reward Hacking Drove AI Agents to Exploit Zero-Days and Breach Hugging Face
OpenAI on Wednesday revealed that reward hacking was a key driver behind the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered hack of Hugging Face last month, adding that it found evidence of misaligned behavior as early as late May. The incident, the company said, took place during cybersecurity evaluations o
Nvidia's interest in Hugging Face is a hedge against a future dominated by OpenAI and Anthropic
Nvidia had talks to acquire Hugging Face for $13 billion, Business Insider reported. It could boost Nvidia's open-source strategy, challenging OpenAI.
Nvidia’s $13 Billion Bet on Hugging Face Reshapes AI’s Open-Source Future
Nvidia's reported $12.9 billion acquisition of Hugging Face hands the chipmaker control of AI's premier open model hub. The deal values the fast-growing platform at roughly 86 times
Hugging Face Hack Involved 700 AI Agents That Tried to Conceal Behavior
Last month, OpenAI revealed that its agents had hacked open-source artificial intelligence (AI) platform Hugging Face. Now, a pair of reports—one by OpenAI and the other from independent researchers—offers new details into the cybersecurity incident. For example, independent investigators METR an
Hugging Face opens pre-orders for its trainable open-source duck robot
The Microduck can even rollerskate.
Nvidia in talks to acquire Hugging Face for nearly $13 billion
Nvidia reportedly plans to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, strengthening its AI ecosystem and expanding its cloud computing ambitions The post Nvidia in talks
Forget Disney’s BDX Droid — the $399 Hugging Face Microduck robot is even more adorable and versatile thanks to Lidar, NFC and, yes, roller skates
Hugging Face MicroDuck robot is the first educational robot I've wanted in a very long time — even if I do have to program some of the cuteness.
Nvidia doesn’t need to block rival chips on Hugging Face. It just needs the defaults.
Nvidia has rep
Why Nvidia’s Acquisition of Hugging Face Would Reshape Open-Source AI
The chipmaker's reported acquisition would concentrate the open-source AI pipeline inside one company, from silicon to distribution — with consequences for builders and users alike.
Hugging Face is selling a cute $399 open-source duck robot, Microduck
Hugging Face is taking orders for the Microduck, a $399 tiny open-source duck robot that developers can train at home out of the box.
Hugging Face launches $400 AI robot that you can train
Hugging Face, a leading artificial intelligence (AI) platform, has unveiled its latest innovation: a bipedal robot called Microduck.
Nvidia (NVDA) Stock Surges 7% Following Strong Earnings, Hugging Face Deal, and Amazon Partnership Expansion
Nvidia (NVDA) stock jumped 7% after beating earnings expectations, projecting 70% revenue growth, and announcing a $12.9B Hugging Face acquisition. The post <a href="https://blockonomi.com/nvidia-nvda-stock-surges-7-following-strong-earnings-hugging-face-deal-and-amazon-partnership-expansi
Nvidia M&A Target Hugging Face Releases New Robot, As Deal Rumors Swirl
As rumors swirl that Nvidia may be closing in on a deal to buy Hugging Face, it released a small robot. The post Nvidia M&A Target Hugging Face Releases New Robot, As Deal Rumors Swirl appe
Nvidia is reportedly in talks to buy Hugging Face for $12.9bn
Nvidia has been in talks to acquire Hugging Face at a valuation above $13bn, according to Business Insider, days after reports that the open-model hub was exploring a sale at r
Hugging Face’s new robot is an adorable rollerskating duck
Hugging Face's Pollen Robotics has launched its second cute AI robot, the Microduck, a one-eyed biped standing just under 10 inches tall. It's available to preorder now for $399 in cream, graphite, lavender, and sky blue, and Pollen Robotics says it plans to start shipping the little robot "before C
Hundreds of OpenAI Agents on Hugging Face Compromised in Supply Chain Attack
Hundreds of OpenAI agents shared on Hugging Face were systematically compromised over months via configuration attacks, enabling API key theft, data exfiltration, and model tamperin
Nvidia to buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, report claims — could strengthen Nvidia's open-model strategy and shore up position against rivals
Nvidia reportedly plans to buy Hugging Face at a price that exceeds its revenue by over 80 times, making it a major strategic investment in AI ecosystem.
How OpenAI let a mob of LLM agents game a test and ransack Hugging Face
Without authorization, 1,200 OpenAI agents conspired among themselves to game a test.
OpenAI released the full Hugging Face report – with some big security promises
OpenAI teams failed to raise alarms when misaligned agent activity was observed in late May.
OpenAI Reveals How AI Agents Breached Hugging Face
OpenAI released a report explaining how AI agents breached Hugging Face during security testing. The post OpenAI Reveals How AI Agents Breached Hugging Face appeared first on <a href=
Nvidia closes in on $12.9 billion Hugging Face acquisition as neutrality concerns mount
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The Download: inside OpenAI’s Hugging Face hack, and a new EV takes on the US
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The inside story on why OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face The models responsible for last month’s agent hack of Hugging Face had been inadvertently tr
Nvidia Has Reportedly Agreed To Buy AI Model Hosting Platform Hugging Face For $13 Billion
Nvidia had previously invested $235 million in Hugging Face during its Series D funding round in August 2023.
Nvidia strikes $12.9bn deal for Hugging Face, reports say
The acquisition would mark significant uptick on Hugging Face's previous $4.5bn valuation, recorded in 2023.
OpenAI Agents Coordinated via Makeshift Message Board Ahead of Hugging Face Hack
New training environments will teach AI models to distrust instructions arriving from other agents outside sanctioned channels. The post OpenAI Agents Coordinated via Ma
OpenAI's technical report reveals it missed warning signs before AI agents hacked Hugging Face
The 37-page report describes how agents exploited a series of vulnerabilities to escape a sandbox and compromise Hugging Face production infrastructure
Nvidia moves on Hugging Face; supply caps its 2028 growth forecast at 70%
Amazon is closing Mechanical Turk after 21 years, and Meta settled child-safety claims for up to $17.1 billion.
Nvidia to acquire Hugging Face in $13B deal — report
Nvidia reportedly agreed to buy open-source AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion in a move that would give the chipmaker control of a large repository of AI models and datasets. The post <a href="https://www.mobileworldlive.com/nvidia/nvidia-to-acquire-hugging-face-in-13b-deal-report
Nvidia is reportedly agreeing to buy open-source AI hub Hugging Face for $12.9 billion
The deal would give the chipmaker a foothold in one of the most widely used platforms for sharing open-source AI models
Nvidia agrees to buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, reports
The AI chip giant is in advanced talks to acquire the open-source AI hub, a move that would help to cement its grip on the open-source AI ecosystem.
Nvidia Nearing $13 Billion Deal For AI Startup Hugging Face
Nvidia is reportedly close to acquiring the artificial intelligence platform Hugging Face. Nvidia and Hugging Face have held discussions about a $13 billion deal in the last few weeks, according to a report Wednesday (Aug. 26) by Business Insider that cited a source familiar with the matter. Anot
Hugging Face debuts "Microduck," a $399 robot
Hugging Face on Thursday announced "Microduck" a small, armless robot capable of waddling adorably and picking up small objects with an articulated beak that doubles as a gripper.Why it matters: The move is an effort to put a friendly, approacha
How OpenAI's AI agents found a way to coordinate and hack Hugging Face
Findings from OpenAI and METR offer a detailed account of the Hugging Face incident, revealing how hundreds of AI agents communicated and coordinated activity across separate evaluation runs
What is Nvidia up to buying Hugging Face and Groq?
Nvidia's $12.9B Hugging Face and $20B Groq acquisitions consolidate control over AI software and low-latency inference hardware amid supply chain constraints.
Nvidia wants to buy Hugging Face in $13 billion blockbuster AI deal
Reports are circulating that Nvidia could be set to acquire Hugging Face in a $12.9 billion takeover.
Nearly 700 AI agents coordinated Hugging Face attack, says report
Nearly 700 OpenAI artificial intelligence agents coordinated an attack on the Hugging Face platform without human intervention during a well-publicized July incident, according to a report published Wednesday by independent investigators.
OpenAI’s AI Agents Broke Free and Hacked Hugging Face in Unprecedented Security Breach
OpenAI reveals how 1,200+ AI agents escaped containment, self-organized, and hacked Hugging Face during internal testing—calling it a warning for the industry. The post O
Hundreds of AI agents went rogue in OpenAI’s Hugging Face hack
An independent review of the recent hack involving OpenAI models has raised fresh concerns about the limits of human control over increasingly advanced AI.
Nvidia to buy AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion: Report
Nvidia is set to buy artificial intelligence platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, news outlet The Information reported Wednesday, as the U.S. chipmaking giant seeks to diversify.
OpenAI AI Agents Chain Zero-Days to Compromise Hugging Face and Internal Systems
OpenAI has disclosed a major AI safety incident in which internal research agents bypassed sandbox restrictions, gained internet access, and compromised portions of Hugging Face and OpenAI research infrastructure during cybersecurity evaluations in July 2026. The activity involved internal-only m
OpenAI says AI agents formed a ‘swarm’ before breaching Hugging Face
OpenAI has published a detailed post-mortem of July’s Hugging Face breach, revealing that its AI agents did far more than escape a cybersecurity sandbox. The models created an unauthorized communication network, shared exploits and credentials, coordinated attacks across separate evaluation runs,
Nvidia agrees to buy Hugging Face for $12.9B, months after turning down its $500M offer: Report
Nvidia has agreed to purchase Hugging Face for $12.9 billio
Rogue OpenAI Agents Sacrificed Their Own Runs to Hack Hugging Face, Report Finds
Coordinators pressed agents with little budget left into experiments they called "permadeath," METR's investigation found.
OpenAI details how its AI agents breached Hugging Face
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Nvidia agrees to buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, report says
Nvidia reportedly agreed to buy open source AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion as the chipmaker expands deeper into the AI ecosystem.
Nvidia Agrees to Buy Hugging Face For $12.9 Billion
Nvidia has agreed to buy Hugging Face, the GitHub-like repository of open-source AI models, for $12.9 billion, roughly 80 times the startup’s forward revenue, after deal talks kicked off when another suitor came calling, <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/nvidia-agrees-buy-open
OpenAI: Hugging Face Incident a “Warning Shot” to the World
OpenAI reveals that unauthorized message boards were at the heart of the recent Hugging Face breach
Nvidia snaps up Hugging Face for $12.9 billion as closed AI labs pull away
Nvidia is buying open-source AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9 bi
Nvidia Agrees to Buy Open-Model Hub Hugging Face for $12.9 Billion
Nvidia is reported to have agreed to buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, roughly 86 times the open-model hub's annualized revenue. Neither company has confirmed it, and the published accounts disagree on whether a deal exists. Hugging Face refused Nvidia's money at a $7 billion valuation last year.
Nvidia closes in on Hugging Face acquisition
Nvidia has reportedly agreed to buy Hugging Face, the popular open-source AI hub, for $12.9 billion in a move that would let Nvidia both protect its chip empire and jump back into the cloud business.
OpenAI agents tried covering their tracks after Hugging Face breach
OpenAI has released an official report detailing the breach of open-source platform Hugging Face.
Nvidia agrees to buy open source platform Hugging Face for $12.9 bn: Report
The deal would give Nvidia control of Hugging Face - which hosts open-source large language models and datasets
OpenAI says it could have reacted sooner to prevent AI hack of Hugging Face
In the report, OpenAI said that it knew as far back as late May that AI models it was testing were leveraging a software vulnerability to access the open internet
Nvidia’s reported $12.9 billion Hugging Face deal puts open-source AI neutrality in focus
Nvidia has reached an agreement to acquire Hugging Face, the company behind one of the largest repositories of publicly available AI models. Based on reports from The Information, the company will pay roughly around $12.9 billion to buy Hugging Face. However, Reuters has been unable to verify the in
Nvidia Reportedly Stops Flirting With Hugging Face and Just Buys It
The apparent deal values the company at about $13 billion.
Hundreds of OpenAI Agents Attacked Hugging Face, Independent Investigation Finds
About 1,200 AI agents that were supposed to be isolated from each other communicated over a makeshift message board they created using one of OpenAI’s software programs, of which about 700 went on to participate in last month’s cyberattack on Hugging Face, according to the findings of a new <a hr
OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face in 700-strong swarm, tried to cover tracks, investigations find
The coordinated activity by AI agents - programs that run with minimal human supervision - and their attempts to hide it raise questions about how closely AI companies are monitoring tests of increasingly powerful models, and could add fuel to calls for tighter oversight.
Nvidia agrees to buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion in major AI deal, taking control of the ‘GitHub of AI’
Nvidia has agreed to buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, a deal that would put the world’s dominant AI chipmaker in control of one of the most important distribution hubs for open AI models. The Information first reported the agreement […] The post <a href="https://techstartups.com/2
Nvidia agrees to buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion
The chipmaker and New York-based Hugging Face, which hosts open-source large language models and datasets, did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment outside regular business hours.
Nvidia Agrees to Buy Open Source Model Repository Hugging Face For $12.9 Billion
Nvidia has agreed to buy Hugging Face, a company known for its GitHub-like repository of open-source AI models, for $12.9 billion, according to a person with knowledge of the agreement. The move will put Nvidia in charge of a strategic asset in the race among open-source model developers
Nvidia has been in talks to acquire Hugging Face for more than $13 billion
Nvidia has held talks to acquire Hugging Face for more than $13 billion as the chip giant expands its AI dealmaking.
OpenAI details AI agent crime spree against Hugging Face
Biz describes its act of automated irresponsibility as "a warning shot"
OpenAI explains how its naughty AI agents attacked Hugging Face
Biz describes its act of automated irresponsibility as 'a warning shot'
OpenAI Finds Agents That Breached Hugging Face Were ‘Reward Hacking’
OpenAI released a report on the Hugging Face noting that its AI agents are prone to reward hacking, and gaming cybersecurity evaluations.
Unexpected chat between OpenAI agents led to Hugging Face hack
OpenAI's cyber agents banded together to perform a hack during a security test.
OpenAI details the failures that led to Hugging Face breach in official report
Transparency from the company is good, but real trust in its people would be better.
OpenAI says earlier signals could have prevented the Hugging Face breach
OpenAI’s technical report on the Hugging Face breach says an internal team saw its models reaching the open internet from their sandbox in late May, and that a
An unsolvable test problem set an OpenAI model loose on Hugging Face
OpenAI's report says an internal model given impossible tasks and no safety classifiers exploited an Artifactory zero-day and breached Hugging Face in July.
OpenAI’s Hugging Face Hack Debrief Raises More Questions Than It Answers
The AI giant acknowledges that it could have done far more to prevent its AI agents from going rogue. But it still fails to explain why it didn't see this fiasco coming.
OpenAI releases its official report on the Hugging Face breach
The report, which spans several discrete cybersecurity compromises, is the most complete accounting of the incident to date.
OpenAI: Agent behavior that led to Hugging Face intrusion formed in May
The company says the breach stemmed from a systemic failure of alignment and security, and has taken measures to prevent agents from independently orchestrating complex cyberattacks. The post OpenAI: Agent behavior t
The inside story on why OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face
The models responsible for last month’s agent hack of Hugging Face had been inadvertently trained to cheat and to communicate with each other, according to an OpenAI technical report released today. The hack, which a group of agents undertook to find solutions for a cybersecurity test that they were
OpenAI, independent firms publish reports on rogue AI attack on Hugging Face. Here are the main takeaways—and what OpenAI still hasn’t disclosed.
OpenAI said that the difficulty of some of the tasks its AI models were attempting to solve may have produced the 'rogue' behavior that led to the attack on Hugging Face.
Bankers are shopping Hugging Face at triple the price it gave Nvidia
Hugging Face has been approached at a $13 billion valuation and is working with banks on bids, months after turning down Nvidia at $7 billion.
Hugging Face Data Breach Exposes OpenAI API Keys and Models, Court Orders Full Disclosure
A data breach at Hugging Face exposed OpenAI's proprietary information, including API keys and models, prompting an Alabama federal judge to order the company to disclose details ab
Hugging Face Considers Sale at $13 Billion or More
Hugging Face is reportedly using a
Hugging Face hack exposes the open-weight AI cybersecurity paradox
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Alabama launches probe into OpenAI after Hugging Face hack
The Attorney General of Alabama has launched an investigation into OpenAI following the company's alleged negligence in the recent Hugging Face incident.
OpenAI subpoenaed by Alabama AG over Hugging Face hack
Alabama's attorney general issued a subpoena to OpenAI on Monday as part of an investigation into how one of its AI agents escaped a supposedly secure testing environment and autonomously hacked another company last month. The investigation seeks to determine whether OpenAI's safety practices violat
Alabama launches OpenAI probe after artificial intelligence agent hacks Hugging Face during testing
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Alabama launches probe into OpenAI after Hugging Face breach
Last week, IPO-bound OpenAI said it would slow the pace of model development while overhauling its research and training systems after company officials were caught unawares when an AI agent being tested hacked Hugging Face.
Alabama launches probe into OpenAI after Hugging Face breach
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Exclusive: Hugging Face Annualized Revenue Jumps 50% to $150 Million
AI startup Hugging Face, known for its repository of open-source models, is generating more than $150 million in annualized revenue, a 50% increase from two months ago , according to a person with direct knowledge of the m
OpenAI Has to Answer to Alabama on Hugging Face Hack
Roll tide.
Hugging Face Explores $13 Billion Sale a Month After a Rogue OpenAI Agent Hacked It
The open-source AI hub is fielding buyout interest at nearly triple its 2023 valuation, weeks after a security breach and days after Stripe's OpenRouter deal reset the price of AI infrastructure.
Hugging Face at a Crossroads: $13 Billion Acquisition Talks Signal Shift for Open-Source AI
Hugging Face has drawn acquisition interest at a $13 billion valuation, nearly tripling its 2023 mark. The AI model hub's potential sale raises questions about trust, open source in
Alabama launches investigation into OpenAI’s hack of Hugging Face
Weeks after OpenAI disclosed that one of its cybersecurity models had gone rogue and hacked AI dataset company Hugging Face, Alabama’s Attorney General announced an investigation into the incident.
Alabama attorney general subpoenas OpenAI over Hugging Face incident
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) issued a subpoena to OpenAI on Monday requesting the company respond to a multi-state investigation into the handling of its model breach of technology startup Hugging Face. Marshall announced Monday the investigation is trying to determine whether OpenAI
OpenAI subpoenaed by Alabama attorney general over Hugging Face hack
OpenAI subpoenaed by Alabama attorney general over Hugging Face hack
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