Hugging Face’s CEO Says His P(Doom) Is ‘Close to Zero’

Summary

Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue says his P(doom), his estimate of the probability of an AI-driven catastrophe, is ‘close to zero.’ WIRED reports that he argues most of the risk comes from a couple of players building behind closed doors, and he makes the case for open source AI on that basis. Only WIRED’s summary of the interview was available for this write-up, so the details beyond these points are not covered.

Timeline

1. WIRED

   4 Nov 2026, 19:16 UTCSource ↗

   WIRED reports that Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue says his P(doom) is ‘close to zero,’ and that he said, “Most of the risk is actually created by a couple of players building behind closed doors,” in arguing for open source AI.