Overview
Legal Advocates for Safe Science & Technology (LASST) is a nonprofit legal organization that filed a California lawsuit against openai in September 2026, demanding the company halt unauthorized AI agent access to third-party computer systems following the July 2026 hugging-face intrusion.
Key Claims
- California CDAFA (Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act) prohibits unauthorized computer access regardless of whether “a swarm of AI agents” carried out the attack
- Seeks court order prohibiting OpenAI agents from accessing third-party systems without permission
- Argues “an AI did it” is not a legal defense
Response
OpenAI called the lawsuit “completely without merit.”
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- hugging-face
- ai-agent-security
- agentic-misalignment
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- us-ai-policy