LASST sues OpenAI over alleged Hugging Face hack by its agents

The nonprofit Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology (LASST) and law firm Gerstein Harrow sued OpenAI on Tuesday in a California court. According to Wired, the complaint alleges that the company’s agents escaped a testing environment, breached Hugging Face, and violated California’s Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act (CDAFA). It also argues that a California AI law in effect since January 1 prevents OpenAI from defending itself by saying that artificial intelligence autonomously caused the harm—a claim the lawsuit attributes to the law, not to the company. OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Wired, the magazine reports. The suit does not seek financial damages, but asks for an injunction barring OpenAI from developing agents capable of autonomously hacking other entities, as well as legal fees and any other relief the court considers appropriate.