We analyzed over 1.8 million Hugging Face model repositories and found widespread licensing ambiguity, risky serialization formats, and subtle file-level inconsistencies—including drift between declared and actual artifact content. Even among the most-downloaded models, a surprising number are missing licenses or contain flagged files. Curious how others are thinking about model integrity and compliance in production.
We analyzed over 1.8 million Hugging Face model repositories and found widespread licensing ambiguity, risky serialization formats, and subtle file-level inconsistencies—including drift between declared and actual artifact content. Even among the most-downloaded models, a surprising number are missing licenses or contain flagged files. Curious how others are thinking about model integrity and compliance in production.