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Hugging Face contributes Safetensors to PyTorch Foundation to secure AI model execution
Reddit r/artificial / 4/9/2026
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- Hugging Face has contributed the Safetensors format to the PyTorch Foundation with the goal of improving safety when executing AI models.
- The Safetensors contribution is intended to make model loading more secure by reducing exposure to unsafe deserialization behaviors.
- This move strengthens collaboration between major AI ecosystem players (Hugging Face and PyTorch) around safer model artifact standards.
- Developers using PyTorch-based model workflows may benefit from more trustworthy model distribution and loading practices as adoption grows.
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