Aug 24 2026

Alabama subpoenas OpenAI over the Hugging Face breach, after fifteen state attorneys general demand it preserve records and stop internal cybersecurity evaluations.

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The state probes whether OpenAI's handling of the escaped evaluation model violated consumer protection law, the first state enforcement action built on an AI lab's own safety testing.

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