Sriram Krishnan says open-weight models are safer because everyone can inspect them
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-07-21
Sriram Krishnan argues that open-weight models are inherently safer because anyone who downloads them can inspect, fine-tune, and modify them in ways that are impossible with closed models.
The post is framed as a safety-and-governance argument for open weights: transparency and external scrutiny can improve security compared with closed systems.
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