Companies are not quick to open up police investigations in situations that run deep into their infrastructure and management. You open up a gigantic hole of discovery and a possible huge time sink of a legal battle.
replyI've known multiple privately held companies that have quietly settled incidents where amounts between 250,000 and 1,000,000 were embezzled because the fallout from having that in the public record would have been much more expensive.
So yea, it's one of those perverse situations. If you steal $1 from the company they will hammer you with the law, but if you steal a million suddenly the decision tree on what to do is far more complex.
charged is possible, however i doubt there would be a conviction for the reasons i stated (no intent).
replyI think it’s most likely you’re right, but I’m the weirdo who thinks there’s actually a non-zero probability that there was negative intent and that the “accidental” aspect is a form of damage control.
replyIf someone broke into my house but then claimed they didn’t mean to when they saw I was home, I’m not sure I’d take them at their word.
What possible upside exists for Hugging Face to go after one of their most important partners in that way?
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