How a Chinese AI model stopped OpenAI’s ‘unprecedented’ cyber attack

This report is from this week's The Tech Download newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here.When OpenAI's rogue models initiated a cyber attack against startup Hugging Face last week, the company fought fire with fire, using another AI model to defend against it. It's a sci-fi-esque tale of autonomous hacking and has been one of the most talked about tech stories of the week. But the origin of the model Hugging Face used to combat the rogue AI is also turning heads.The startup used GLM 5.2, an open weight system created by Chinese company Z.ai.Ultimately, it succeeded where leading U.S. rivals failed. The Hugging Face website on a laptop arranged in New York, US, on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. Nvidia announced a partnership with Hugging Face, a popular developer of AI models and data sets, that will add a training service to its website that uses Nvidia DGX Cloud, allowing users to tap the chipmaker's servers to handle their workloads. Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesCyber attackIn case you missed it, on Tuesday OpenAI said a combination of its most powerful model and a more capable model that has not yet been release...