A X thread says closed models still lead in cyber capability, with China 6+ months behind
bookwormengr · x · 2026-07-24
A X post argues closed models still lead in cyber capability, while open-model alarm is overblown
The author says US closed models remain substantially ahead in cyber capabilities, and that there should be less alarmism about open models being a cyber risk. Their advice is that security professionals should focus on helping customers upgrade infrastructure.
The post quotes another thread claiming:
- AISI cyber ranges are the closest benchmark to real-world usefulness.
- The benchmark measures how usable a model would be as a cyber-weapon.
- Kimi K3 is the best Chinese model, but China is still 6+ months behind the US.
The attached image is a meme-format comparison graphic, but the substantive point is the capability gap and how to think about cyber evaluations for frontier models.
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