Simon Blanchette & Emmanuelle VaastC

Simon Blanchette and Emmanuelle Vaast are researchers associated with the examination of organizational risk management practices within the artificial intelligence sector. Their work focuses on critical assessments of how AI infrastructure providers address vulnerabilities, particularly in the context of system security and threat anticipation. They have published findings arguing that specific AI platform architectures exhibit gaps in preparedness, asserting that identified warning signs regarding systemic vulnerabilities have not always been addressed by developers. Blanchette and Vaast have faced scrutiny for their pointed critiques regarding the Hugging Face cyberattack, specifically through three tracked controversies. They have consistently advocated for the position that the incident represents a systemic failure in organizational risk preparation, arguing that the breach was preventable had the organization heeded known risk signals. By publicly positioning the event as a failure of anticipatory thinking rather than an unforeseen anomaly, they have challenged the risk management efficacy of major AI platforms, consistently maintaining that the breach exposes fundamental negligence in preparing for recognized security threats.