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NYT Opinion: AI, HuggingFace, and the Big-Tech Danger (Sept 19)

By Alexis Dufresne Published September 20, 2026 at 12:39 UTC

Summary

Six vetted AI experts are circulating this Sept 19 NYT opinion piece on HuggingFace and big-tech consolidation risk — a sharp structural argument that lands directly on top of the Nvidia/HuggingFace acquisition saga and the OpenAI sandbox-escape fallout. Paywalled; content could not be fetched to confirm specific claims, so verified is false — worth a direct read.

Shared on Bluesky by 6 AI experts (top 5 by trust)

Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social: "We know what to do: incubate open-access A.I. models, regulate technologies before they go rogue, hold the people who allow them to go rogu… →
Luke Stark @lukestark.bsky.social amplified

@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social

AI didn’t “go rogue.” People connected a computer system they know can mess with another computer system in unpredictable ways to less advanced computer system and it messed with that computer system in unpredicted ways.…
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Eli Sennesh @elisennesh.bsky.social amplified

@jonathancohn.bsky.social

"We know what to do: incubate open-access A.I. models, regulate technologies before they go rogue, hold the people who allow them to go rogue accountable if they do and protect the most vulnerable when we, the people, so…
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social: We’re going to see a lot more AI-assisted botnets and hacking because botnets are software, and software is increasingly being built and ope… →
Aram Sinnreich @aramsinn.bsky.social: Once again @tressiemcphd.bsky.social has nailed it →

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Original headline: NYT Opinion: AI, HuggingFace, and the Big-Tech Danger (Sept 19)