In Episode 24 of Data Revolution Minute, Pablo considers how pre-built applications that are free and open can also contain malicious code. He challenges whether or not open source is truly secure.
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Highlights
00:15 — This episode is sponsored by Community Summit North America, which will take place October 10-13 in Orlando, Florida.
00:45 — There has been some recent noise around the platform Hugging Face, as its portal has been found to contain malicious code. Hugging Face is an open-source public hub that enables users to develop machine learning and AI applications.
01:38 — Transforming is an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that’s capable of processing natural language processing (NLP) at a large scale.
01:56 — Because this platform is open source, it opens up the potential for malicious development to occur within it. On Hugging Face, there is a model that, when users download their NLP projects, will open a website and claim there’s ransomware on users’ machines.
02:35 — This raises the question of whether or not open source is secure. Because these pre-built applications are open and free, there can be anything there — including malicious code.
