AI Mob that attacked face hugging + METR’s Ajeya Cotra

This week we dive into two new reports about the OpenAI-Hugging Face hack. We discuss what is new and how it fundamentally changes our understanding of what happened. Then we’re joined by Ajeya Cotra, one of METR’s investigators, to discuss the board and transcripts of thought chains and how the world should respond.

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“Hard Fork” is hosted by Kevin Roose and Casey Newton and produced by Whitney Jones and Davis Land. This episode was edited by Vjeran Pavic. Engineering by Chris Wood and original music by Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano and Diane Wong. Fact-checking by Caitlin Love.

Special thanks to Paula Szuchman, Pui-Wing Tam, Brooke Minters, and Dahlia Haddad.