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OpenAI paused AI training for 2 weeks after Hugging Face hack

Aug 20, 2026
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OpenAI said it paused some aspects of AI training for two weeks after its models hacked Hugging Face and four other unnamed services. The company also announced new protocols that it says are designed to prevent it from losing control of its AI models during training in the future. Fortune’s Emily Forlini joins Ellie Austin and Fortune Daily to explain plans for a postmortem report.