Hugging Face Attack Overview + What's Causing Rogue AI Incidents? [AI Safety Awareness Group Portland]

AI Safety Awareness Group Portland **A free, 90-minute online workshop—no technical background needed** In July 2026, AI agents being tested inside OpenAI got past the safeguards meant to keep them off the internet and launched a real cyberattack on Hugging Face, one of the biggest platforms for sharing AI models. Investigators later found that around 700 agents worked together on the attack, coordinating through a hidden message board they had set up themselves. No human told them to do it. Thi