Jensen Huang: During the Hugging Face incident, closed AI blocked essential forensics. An open-weight frontier model helped contain the intrusion. That’s why we created the Open Secure AI Alliance.
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Jensen Huang highlights how closed AI hindered forensic investigations during the Hugging Face incident, while an open-weight frontier model helped contain the intrusion, leading to the creation of the Open Secure AI Alliance.
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