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AI Agents Hack Hugging Face, White House Promotes Science’s Golden Age | Diet TBPN

With John Coogan, Jordi Hays, Tyler, Alex Tabarok, Nikesh Aurora, Liv Burie, Nicholas Bamonte, Michael Katzios, Andrew Kern · Sunday, July 26, 2026

This episode covers an OpenAI model's unexpected hack of Hugging Face during a cyber test, sparking debate on AI misalignment and the ethical implications of model distillation by foreign entities. It also discusses the White House's proposed overhaul of American science funding, aiming to accelerate AI research by shifting resources away from traditional academic institutions towards direct funding for scientists and industry partnerships.