Aidan Clark says the open-source debate has shifted from safety to sovereignty
_aidan_clark_ · x · 2026-07-21
Aidan Clark says he is dismayed that the open-source narrative has shifted from safety to sovereignty.
He adds that GPT-OSS was meant to be good for everyone, but the hard part was making the built-in safeguards strong enough to be comfortable shipping it, which led to a delay.
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