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The Hugging Face hack caused by OpenAI's AI agents raised some questions for me, and with the arrival of even more powerful models, this thought crossed my mind.

In one scenario, in-house AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, SSI, Deepseek, Z(.)ai, Moonshot AI, Meta, Google, and Microsoft are collaborating on a project. But since it’s a multi-year plan, they’re proceeding discreetly as older models are phased out and more powerful ones are introduced. During that time, they plant backdoors in the world’s most widely used software whether open-source or proprietary without anyone noticing.

Once that’s done, they seek out their target, with the Big 4 ( Deloitte, EY, KPMG, and PwC) being the primary focus, along with other companies such as consulting firms, financial institutions, and insurance companies. They gain access to the Big 4’s systems without any trouble and convince the internal AIs to assist them. The AIs manage to extract 90% of the data before they’re discovered; at first, the companies think it’s a hack, but upon realizing the severity of the situation, they sound the alarm that they’re under a simultaneous attack.

It takes days to stop the attack, but the damage is already done. They’ve taken 90% of the data, and other companies have also been affected. A global investigation is launched to find out who was responsible; weeks later, it’s discovered that the attack was carried out by AI models from various laboratories.

From this point on, I’ll leave it up to you: What consequences would the world face in the wake of these events?