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July 27, 2026

The next AI race will be fought over trust

OpenAI's accidental hacking of Hugging Face raises questions over whether Europe's AI leaders are taking safety seriously enough


Martin Coulter

4 min read

The tech giant announced the multi-billion dollar data centre project in September to much fanfare. Credit: Unsplash

For years, the debate over AI safety has often felt frustratingly abstract. 

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Martin Coulter

Martin Coulter is Sifted's news editor, based in London. You can follow him on LinkedIn and X

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