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I think they are lying. We all know Sam Altman is a scheming liar; it's not inconceivable that HF is in on this one.

The level of conspiracy thinking he here is reaching COVID levels.

One of the memos, about Altman, begins with a list headed “Sam exhibits a consistent pattern of . . .” The first item is “Lying.” [New Yorker, 2026]

We can agree that he's a massive liar without seeing that as the reason behind everything OpenAI announces.

In this scenario OpenAI would have to have Huggingface's full cooperation in the deception, right? That seems challenging to achieve.

Money is a powerful motivator.