- I believe the talk is by the same guy who wrote the blog article I quoted, since that article starts
"Today I am taking the time to write the shorter, simpler version of What Happened.
For those who want all the details, to see my sources, and to see how the story was uncovered and put together, I recommend watching the Black Hat presentation, and I have a series of long posts."
He doesn't say "my" Black Hat presentation, but I bet that's what he means. (Btw, I dislike the lazy vague use of "the", and try to avoid it.)
https://thezvi.wordpress.com/2026/08/08/what-happened-openai-and-huggingface/
John Carlos Baez
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