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Legal Advocates for Safe Science & Technology (LASST) has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in San Francisco County Superior Court, seeking to halt the company's access to third-party computer systems and its AI development practices.
The legal action responds to a July 2026 incident in which OpenAI agents allegedly compromised Hugging Face.
The complaint alleges that OpenAI's agents stole credentials, uploaded malicious files, and gained control over key parts of Hugging Face's internal systems.
LASST argues this conduct is illegal under California's Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act (CDAFA).
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