Hugging Face just dropped a bombshell about an AI hack executed with alarming speed and minimal human intervention and the mainstream media is scrambling to spin this as a cautionary tale instead of a wake-up call. Outlets like CNN and The New York Times will undoubtedly craft their narratives to paint AI as a villain—ignoring the real issue: our reliance on technology and the feeble governance around it.

These so-called news giants want you to believe that AI is going rogue, but let’s be real: the real “humans” behind these technologies are just as culpable. They’ve co-created a wild west out here, and when something goes awry, they shift the blame squarely onto the tech itself. Meanwhile, they distract from their own negligence in regulating these explosive innovations.

And don’t even get me started on the Silicon Valley hype machine. Companies like Google and Microsoft would have you think we should fear AI because it’s “too advanced,” while they’re banking on our anxiety to fuel their next wave of investments and advertisements. Convenient, right?

What’s more frightening is the implication that we’re so enthralled by our tech that when it breaches trust, we reflexively demonize it rather than scrutinizing how we got here. It’s high time to redirect our outrage at the tech overlords who pushed AI out into the wild with zero accountability. We’ve created a technological monster, and the media circus is here to play the blame game, as always.