[Hugging Face CEO: AI's Potential to Defend Against Cyberattacks Can Match Its Threats] Deep Tide TechFlow reports that on August 2, Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue posted on social media addressing recent concerns about AI-driven cyberattacks. He pointed out that open models have already helped defend against multiple attacks and could potentially fend off millions of attacks daily in the future, arguing that AI will fundamentally strengthen cybersecurity. Delangue proposed three recommendations: mandating the sharing of traces and disclosure of incidents related to intelligent agent attacks; keeping AI-driven cyberattacks illegal with strict penalties; and arming defenders with open models to narrow the gap between offensive and defensive capabilities. He advocated for accelerating, rather than slowing down, AI development at this stage.