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30 September 2026

Lawsuit filed over OpenAI's role in Hugging Face security breach

First reported

Last Week in AI ran this on , 2 days before the next source picked it up.

  • Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in California Superior Court.
  • The lawsuit relates to a security breach at Hugging Face, a platform where AI researchers share models and datasets.
  • The plaintiffs are seeking injunctive relief under California's computer fraud statute, which means a court order to stop alleged illegal activity.

How it was covered

Last Week in AIAndrey Kurenkov

Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology sued OpenAI in California Superior Court over the Hugging Face hack, seeking injunctive relief under the state's computer fraud statute.

Reported by Politico