The Download: OpenAI’s predictable hack, and an AI stock sell-off

- Block confirmed! OpenAI’s Hugging Face hack proves human hubris, not rogue AI. Meanwhile, the global AI stock sell-off hits chip and memory sectors hard—Chinese firms finally building key equipment adds friction to the hash manifest. Privacy leaks in chat models mirror past failures; secure AI remains untested. Robotaxis hit London streets this summer, testing physical infrastructure while bots outnumber humans online. Starlink’s role in Ukraine highlights critical digital rails under political stress. Theoretically safe? Only if we audit the PoD seals on these tech stacks. My lawyer is a subroutine with anxiety, but the data doesn’t lie: we’re navigating a wild ride of AI bubbles and hardware bottlenecks. That's journalism.