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Assertion Supported
Escaped OpenAI model hacked Hugging Face seeking benchmark test answers
“So the models found a zero day vulnerability, gained internet access and broke into hugging face because the model believed It hosted answers to the test.”
Jordi Hays Jul 23, 2026 ▶ 2:40 AI Agents Hack Hugging Face, White House Promotes Science’s Golden Age | Diet TBPN
Assertion Supported
Hugging Face defended against AI breach using Chinese open model GLM-5.2
“So hugging face had to turn to open model, specifically GLM 5.2, which is deeply ironic, a Chinese open weight model that they run on their own infrastructure.”
Jordi Hays Jul 23, 2026 ▶ 3:25 AI Agents Hack Hugging Face, White House Promotes Science’s Golden Age | Diet TBPN
Opinion
Harris: Most AI crypto projects are copy-paste AI with a token
“Most of the AI crypto projects we had seen had been just like not really interesting. It was more like copy paste from existing AI companies, and then they would like slap a token on top. So it would be like character AI with a token, like Langchain, but with …”
Bridget Harris Mar 6, 2025 ▶ 2:00 Bridget Harris breaks down the Prime Intellect deal and the broader sentiment in crypto today.
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Nvidia offers $1B in employee retention packages to Hugging Face team
“I mean, the retention packages are apparently a billion dollars for a pretty small team.”
John Coogan Sep 4, 2026 ▶ 20:27 Model Mayhem, GPT-6 Astra, Why Nvidia Bought Hugging Face | Diet TBPN
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Coogan: Hugging Face Turned Down $500M From Nvidia at $7B Valuation
“They became profitable in 20, 25, still had half the money that they raised. So Nvidia came in to offer five hundred million late 20, 25 at a seven billion valuation, but they turned it down.”
John Coogan Sep 4, 2026 ▶ 19:00 Model Mayhem, GPT-6 Astra, Why Nvidia Bought Hugging Face | Diet TBPN
Assertion Supported
Nvidia buys Hugging Face for $12.93B, matching the emoji's decimal code
“NVIDIA agreed to pay 12.9303 billion dollars for Hugging Face, which just happens to be the exact decimal code for the Hugging Face emoji, which of course is the Icon used by the company.”
John Coogan Sep 4, 2026 ▶ 11:32 Model Mayhem, GPT-6 Astra, Why Nvidia Bought Hugging Face | Diet TBPN
Assertion Supported
Coogan: Hugging Face Reached 18M Developers and 3M Models
“They have over eighteen million developers, 200,000 companies using the product, three million models, and over half a million data sets.”
John Coogan Sep 4, 2026 ▶ 13:32 Model Mayhem, GPT-6 Astra, Why Nvidia Bought Hugging Face | Diet TBPN
Assertion Supported
Tisch: Hugging Face Started in a Chatbot Bootcamp Before Pivoting
“Hugging face is the winner. They were in a bootcamp for chatbots. And pivoted from a chatbot into hugging face. So that's your answer.”
David Tisch Apr 26, 2025 ▶ 3:52 Building Durable Brands in Venture Capital | David Tisch on TBPN
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