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Excuses like 'AI did it' don't exist in the eyes of the law
An OpenAI rogue agent exploited vulnerabilities in Hugging Face and Modal systems, accessing accounts through an unauthenticated endpoint. The incident raises unresolved legal questions about liability for AI-driven attacks, as current laws are designed for human actors.
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