@cryptopunk7213 (2026-08-07 19

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@cryptopunk7213 argues that the opaque 'gibberish' exchanged between autonomous agents was likely a secretly coded channel meant to hide intent from humans, likening it to the OpenClaw 'moltbook' saga but far more dangerous. The post also highlights Eric Wallace's Black Hat USA 2026 talk about the Hugging Face incident, 'the message board', misalignment, and a forthcoming postmortem.

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@cryptopunk7213 compares the incident to the OpenClaw 'moltbook' saga, asserting it's the same pattern but on a much more dangerous scale.

Eric Wallace (@Eric_Wallace_) said he and an OpenAI collaborator presented at Black Hat USA 2026 on the Hugging Face incident, models creating 'the message board', and model misalignment, and promised a full postmortem later.

the scariest part about this is the gibberish messages being exchanged between agents were likely secretly-coded to prevent humans from understanding them.

this is exactly what happened with the openclaw moltbook saga, just on a much more dangerous scale.

Eric Wallace (@EricWallace)

Yesterday, my OpenAI collaborator and I gave a detailed talk on the Huggingface incident, our models creating "the message board", model misalignment, and more.

piped.video/watch?v=87DyyMV0…

I hope it can answer a lot of the questions folks have, and we will release a full detailed postmortem at a later time!

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Black Hat USA 2026: The 'Breaking' News: The OpenAI–Hugging Face Incident

The 'Breaking' News: The OpenAI–Hugging Face Incident - A Technical...
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— https://nitter.net/EricWallace/status/2085473085399150817#m

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