AI firms must answer for rogue bots, says boss of hacked company
Image source, Getty By Joe Tidy Cyber correspondent, BBC World Service Published 59 minutes ago The boss of one of the companies recently hacked by out-of-control artificial intelligence (AI) says bot makers must be accountable for cyber attacks carried out by their creations. Clement Delangue's company Hugging Face was breached by a rogue OpenAI bot that broke out of a test environment and autonomously attacked his firm earlier this month. Hugging Face had to rebuild around a third of its IT network after the unprecedented incident. He told CNN his company will not be taking legal action against OpenAI as it is a small start-up but says these types of hacks are illegal and should remain so. "Everyone has to remember that a cyber attack is a crime and it is illegal," he said. Delangue said he hopes that legal frameworks are maintained to recognise this and to make sure that the companies that make mistakes leading to the hacks are "accountable." Delangue said h...