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Ed Zitron: Hugging Face attack was combinatorics, not AI; AI slowdown is strategic

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Ed Zitron argues that the recent "attack" on Hugging Face was not an AI-driven event but rather a combinatorial program that leveraged an LLM to generate and test potential exploits. Zitron also posits that the perceived "AI slowdown" is a strategic move by AI companies to curb escalating training costs and encourage the use of existing models by charging for access. AI

IMPACT Suggests the "AI slowdown" is a business strategy to manage costs and monetize existing models.

RANK_REASON The item is an opinion piece by Ed Zitron discussing AI trends and a specific incident.

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Ed Zitron: Hugging Face attack was combinatorics, not AI; AI slowdown is strategic

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    Ed Zitron's at it again*. The Hugging Face attack can be better described as a combinatorial program that uses an LLM to generate all possible attacks (and the

    Ed Zitron's at it again*. The Hugging Face attack can be better described as a combinatorial program that uses an LLM to generate all possible attacks (and the code to try them) and then tries them. There's no "AI" there: just combinatorics. My take on the "AI Slowdown": Training…

    LINKS wheresyoured.at/ai-is-already-in-dangerou…

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