Ryan Greenblatt warns that restricting open-weight models would hurt safety research
BlancheMinerva · x · 2026-07-23
Ryan Greenblatt says he does not think the official story is obviously false, but it may plausibly be preparation for bad restrictions on open-weight models.
He argues that restricting private actors from using open-weight models would be a terrible choice, because it would seriously hurt safety research.
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