So this company is suing based on a CA state law arguing unfair competition. To me, this case seems weak and if it does have merit in California it certainly won’t in federal courts. Actual complaint rather than the ai summary pretending to be a news article
Yeah, I don’t see how anyone other than Hugging Face can have standing to bring a lawsuit over the breach. Is the unfair competition claim that OpenAI is allowed to hack Hugging Face with no repercussions but another company can not?
Even shakier IMO
“LASST suffered harm from OpenAI’s unlawful and unfair business conduct because LASST has been required to divert resources from its normal activities to educate regulators, civil society, and the public about the facts, legal issues, and potential dangers of OpenAI’s conduct”.
The organization sued under California’s Unfair Competition Law, arguing OpenAI’s “unlawful and unfair business practices” diverted work and resources to responding to the Hugging Face incident.
This ain’t going anywhere. Hugging Face already had a large chunk of OpenAi money to keep quiet about the incident. No doubt they’ve waived their rights for future litigation too. A bunch of public interest lawyers in the US isn’t going to help. The government won’t allow it.
We’re about to find out how much OpenAI is willing to pay to avoid discovery.
We’re about to see Sam Altman in a Nazi uniform. 😆
They’re already due to run out of money mid 2027. And sizing up their user base only increases their expenditure. They have zero path to profitability.
This being a public interest group, they might not even take the bribe
Sadly, the first and foremost goal of every institution is to preserve itself.
