# clm_8130D90924E9

subject: Hugging Face (/record/hugging-face.md)  
predicate: policy_changed  
value: Safetensors  
valid_from: 2023-05-23  
valid_to: null  
published: 2023-05-23  
recorded: 2026-11-12  
confidence: 0.70  
status: valid  
assertable: true  
superseded_by: null  
last_updated: 2026-11-12  
cite: AsOf. "Hugging Face policy changed: Safetensors", as of 2023-05-23. Claim clm_8130D90924E9, https://asof.is/claim/clm_8130D90924E9, accessed 2026-11-12. Source: https://huggingface.co/blog/safetensors-security-audit.  
checked: 2026-11-12 · its source page states the value and the date  

> Going forward and thanks to the validation of the library, safetensors will now be installed in transformers by default. The next step is saving models in safetensors by default.

What https://huggingface.co/blog/safetensors-security-audit says, word for word.

## Sources

- https://huggingface.co/blog/safetensors-security-audit (primary, Hugging Face, published 2023-05-23)

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