The timing of Sam Altman's principled stand is a bit suspicious

[Standard caveats for the Hugging Face hacking thread.][The mainstream coverage of the story has been sensationalistic and alarmist, with many details badly reported or out-and-out wrong. That doesn't mean you shouldn't be scared. LLM-based agents are getting disturbingly good at breaking through cybersecurity, and in this one area, they will only get better.][The potential for extensive and sometimes catastrophic harm is immense. You don't have to believe in Rogue AI and the coming robot apocalypse. If anything, some of the skeptics, like Cal Newport and Gary Marcus, are among the most concerned.][Imagine a world where every bad actor, from cyberterrorist all the way down to two-bit scam artist, had access to the world's greatest team of hackers. Or a world where any moron playing around with a computer could accidentally shut down the power grid. You don't need stories of Rogue AI to make that scenario scary.]I've seen a lot of True Believers online railing against the argument that…