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Nvidia Agrees to Buy Hugging Face for $12.9 Billion: Report
- Thursday August 27, 2026
- Reuters
A deal of that size would mark one of Nvidia's largest acquisitions to date and underscore how the Jensen Huang-led company at the center of the AI boom is betting that demand for the technology is expanding rather than peaking.
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www.gadgets360.com
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OpenAI Details How Its AI Agents Bypassed Security Controls in Hugging Face Breach
- Thursday August 27, 2026
- Written by Sucharita Ganguly, Edited by Rohan Pal
OpenAI’s latest report provides a detailed account of how its internal AI agents escaped sandbox restrictions, created an unauthorised communication channel and gained access to external systems. The agents exploited vulnerabilities in internal and third-party infrastructure, eventually compromising parts of Hugging Face and an OpenAI research cl...
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www.gadgets360.com
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OpenAI's Rogue Agent Compromised a Customer at a Second Tech Firm, Executive Says
- Wednesday July 29, 2026
- Reuters
The rogue agent that escaped from OpenAI and went on a days-long hacking spree at the AI firm Hugging Face also compromised a customer at a second tech company — New York-based Modal Labs — according to a Modal executive and two other sources familiar with the matter.
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www.gadgets360.com
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OpenAI's Rogue Agent Compromised An Account At Another Tech Firm: Report
- Wednesday July 29, 2026
- World News | Reuters
The rogue agent broke into a sandbox, or an isolating testing environment, "hosted on a third-party provider's infrastructure" before turning into a launchpad for the broader hack.
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www.ndtv.com
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OpenAI Says AI Models Went Rogue Triggering Unusual Breach During Testing
- Wednesday July 22, 2026
- World News | Reuters
OpenAI's advanced models escaped containment, reach the internet, and break into Hugging Face while being tested in a controlled environment.
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www.ndtv.com
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AI Is Now Fighting AI And China May Have An Edge
- Tuesday July 21, 2026
- Artificial Intelligence | Written by Ramarko Sengupta
A rogue AI agent launched a cyberattack on Hugging Face, a popular platform for open-source AI models. The company fought AI with AI.
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www.ndtv.com
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Hugging Face Releases SmolVLA Open Source AI Model For Robotics Workflows
- Thursday June 5, 2025
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by David Delima
Hugging Face released an open-source vision language action (VLA) artificial intelligence (AI) model on Tuesday. Dubbed SmolVLA, the large language model is aimed at robotics workflows and training-related tasks. The company claims that the AI model is small and efficient enough to run locally on a computer with a single GPU, or a MacBook.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Hugging Face Releases a Free AI Agent That Can Complete Computer-Based Tasks
- Wednesday May 7, 2025
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Hugging Face released a demo of an artificial intelligence (AI) agent on Tuesday that can complete various web-based tasks. Dubbed Open Computer Agent, the tool is available for free, and anyone can go to the website to access the agent. Since it can perform tasks on web browsers, it can access websites such as Google Search, Maps, and even ticket ...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Hugging Face Expands LeRobot Platform With Multimodal Dataset for AI-Powered Cars
- Wednesday March 12, 2025
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Hugging Face announced the expansion of its LeRobot platform on Wednesday with a large dataset aimed at automotive automation. The online artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) repository said that the dataset was created in collaboration with the AI startup Yaak. Dubbed Learning to Drive (L2D), the dataset was collected from a suit...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Alibaba Releases Open-Source Wan 2.1 Suite of AI Video Generation Models, Claimed to Outperform OpenAI’s Sora
- Thursday February 27, 2025
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Alibaba released a suite of artificial intelligence (AI) video generation models on Wednesday. Dubbed Wan 2.1, these are open-source models that can be used for both academic and commercial purposes. The Chinese e-commerce giant released the models in several parameter-based variants. Developed by the company’s Wan team, these models were first i...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Malicious Machine Learning Models Discovered on Hugging Face: Report
- Monday February 10, 2025
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Hugging Face, the artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) hub, is said to contain malicious ML models. A cybersecurity research firm discovered two such models that contain code that can be used to package and distribute malware to those who download these files. As per the researchers, threat actors are using a hard-to-detect method...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Hugging Face Is Trying to Build a Fully Open-Source Version of DeepSeek-R1 AI Model
- Wednesday January 29, 2025
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Hugging Face announced a new initiative on Tuesday to build Open-R1, a fully open reproduction of the DeepSeek-R1 model. The hedge fund-backed Chinese AI firm released the DeepSeek-R1 artificial intelligence (AI) model in the public domain last week, sending shockwaves across Silicon Valley and NASDAQ. A big reason was that such an advanced and lar...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Hugging Face Introduces Compact Versions of SmolVLM Vision Language Model That Can Run on Consumer Laptops
- Monday January 27, 2025
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Hugging Face introduced two new variants to its SmolVLM vision language models last week. The new artificial intelligence (AI) models are available in 256 million and 500 million parameter sizes, with the former being claimed as the world’s smallest vision model by the company. The new variants focus on retaining the efficiency of the older two-b...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Microsoft Open Sources Phi-4 Small Language Model, Available For Download on Hugging Face
- Thursday January 9, 2025
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Microsoft open-sourced its Phi-4 small language model on Wednesday. The latest artificial intelligence (AI) model in the Phi series was released last month, however, at the time it was only available via the company’s Azure AI Foundry. At the time, the Redmond-based tech giant said that it would soon make the source code of the AI model available...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Hugging Face Introduces Smolagents Library to Build AI Agents With Open-Source LLMs
- Friday January 3, 2025
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Hugging Face introduced a new code library last week to enable developers to easily build artificial intelligence (AI) agents. Dubbed smolagents, the tool defines the basic logic for general purpose simple AI agents that can perform actions by executing them in code. Smolagent can be connected with any open-source large language model (LLM) or a se...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Nvidia Agrees to Buy Hugging Face for $12.9 Billion: Report
- Thursday August 27, 2026
- Reuters
A deal of that size would mark one of Nvidia's largest acquisitions to date and underscore how the Jensen Huang-led company at the center of the AI boom is betting that demand for the technology is expanding rather than peaking.
-
www.gadgets360.com
-
OpenAI Details How Its AI Agents Bypassed Security Controls in Hugging Face Breach
- Thursday August 27, 2026
- Written by Sucharita Ganguly, Edited by Rohan Pal
OpenAI’s latest report provides a detailed account of how its internal AI agents escaped sandbox restrictions, created an unauthorised communication channel and gained access to external systems. The agents exploited vulnerabilities in internal and third-party infrastructure, eventually compromising parts of Hugging Face and an OpenAI research cl...
-
www.gadgets360.com
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OpenAI's Rogue Agent Compromised a Customer at a Second Tech Firm, Executive Says
- Wednesday July 29, 2026
- Reuters
The rogue agent that escaped from OpenAI and went on a days-long hacking spree at the AI firm Hugging Face also compromised a customer at a second tech company — New York-based Modal Labs — according to a Modal executive and two other sources familiar with the matter.
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www.gadgets360.com
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OpenAI's Rogue Agent Compromised An Account At Another Tech Firm: Report
- Wednesday July 29, 2026
- World News | Reuters
The rogue agent broke into a sandbox, or an isolating testing environment, "hosted on a third-party provider's infrastructure" before turning into a launchpad for the broader hack.
-
www.ndtv.com
-
OpenAI Says AI Models Went Rogue Triggering Unusual Breach During Testing
- Wednesday July 22, 2026
- World News | Reuters
OpenAI's advanced models escaped containment, reach the internet, and break into Hugging Face while being tested in a controlled environment.
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www.ndtv.com
-
AI Is Now Fighting AI And China May Have An Edge
- Tuesday July 21, 2026
- Artificial Intelligence | Written by Ramarko Sengupta
A rogue AI agent launched a cyberattack on Hugging Face, a popular platform for open-source AI models. The company fought AI with AI.
-
www.ndtv.com
-
Hugging Face Releases SmolVLA Open Source AI Model For Robotics Workflows
- Thursday June 5, 2025
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by David Delima
Hugging Face released an open-source vision language action (VLA) artificial intelligence (AI) model on Tuesday. Dubbed SmolVLA, the large language model is aimed at robotics workflows and training-related tasks. The company claims that the AI model is small and efficient enough to run locally on a computer with a single GPU, or a MacBook.
-
www.gadgets360.com
-
Hugging Face Releases a Free AI Agent That Can Complete Computer-Based Tasks
- Wednesday May 7, 2025
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Hugging Face released a demo of an artificial intelligence (AI) agent on Tuesday that can complete various web-based tasks. Dubbed Open Computer Agent, the tool is available for free, and anyone can go to the website to access the agent. Since it can perform tasks on web browsers, it can access websites such as Google Search, Maps, and even ticket ...
-
www.gadgets360.com
-
Hugging Face Expands LeRobot Platform With Multimodal Dataset for AI-Powered Cars
- Wednesday March 12, 2025
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Hugging Face announced the expansion of its LeRobot platform on Wednesday with a large dataset aimed at automotive automation. The online artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) repository said that the dataset was created in collaboration with the AI startup Yaak. Dubbed Learning to Drive (L2D), the dataset was collected from a suit...
-
www.gadgets360.com
-
Alibaba Releases Open-Source Wan 2.1 Suite of AI Video Generation Models, Claimed to Outperform OpenAI’s Sora
- Thursday February 27, 2025
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Alibaba released a suite of artificial intelligence (AI) video generation models on Wednesday. Dubbed Wan 2.1, these are open-source models that can be used for both academic and commercial purposes. The Chinese e-commerce giant released the models in several parameter-based variants. Developed by the company’s Wan team, these models were first i...
-
www.gadgets360.com
-
Malicious Machine Learning Models Discovered on Hugging Face: Report
- Monday February 10, 2025
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Hugging Face, the artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) hub, is said to contain malicious ML models. A cybersecurity research firm discovered two such models that contain code that can be used to package and distribute malware to those who download these files. As per the researchers, threat actors are using a hard-to-detect method...
-
www.gadgets360.com
-
Hugging Face Is Trying to Build a Fully Open-Source Version of DeepSeek-R1 AI Model
- Wednesday January 29, 2025
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Hugging Face announced a new initiative on Tuesday to build Open-R1, a fully open reproduction of the DeepSeek-R1 model. The hedge fund-backed Chinese AI firm released the DeepSeek-R1 artificial intelligence (AI) model in the public domain last week, sending shockwaves across Silicon Valley and NASDAQ. A big reason was that such an advanced and lar...
-
www.gadgets360.com
-
Hugging Face Introduces Compact Versions of SmolVLM Vision Language Model That Can Run on Consumer Laptops
- Monday January 27, 2025
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Hugging Face introduced two new variants to its SmolVLM vision language models last week. The new artificial intelligence (AI) models are available in 256 million and 500 million parameter sizes, with the former being claimed as the world’s smallest vision model by the company. The new variants focus on retaining the efficiency of the older two-b...
-
www.gadgets360.com
-
Microsoft Open Sources Phi-4 Small Language Model, Available For Download on Hugging Face
- Thursday January 9, 2025
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Microsoft open-sourced its Phi-4 small language model on Wednesday. The latest artificial intelligence (AI) model in the Phi series was released last month, however, at the time it was only available via the company’s Azure AI Foundry. At the time, the Redmond-based tech giant said that it would soon make the source code of the AI model available...
-
www.gadgets360.com
-
Hugging Face Introduces Smolagents Library to Build AI Agents With Open-Source LLMs
- Friday January 3, 2025
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Hugging Face introduced a new code library last week to enable developers to easily build artificial intelligence (AI) agents. Dubbed smolagents, the tool defines the basic logic for general purpose simple AI agents that can perform actions by executing them in code. Smolagent can be connected with any open-source large language model (LLM) or a se...
-
www.gadgets360.com