AI debate over open weights turns into a safety vs. open-source fight
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-07-26
A screenshot of an AI debate frames open-weight models as a real-world safety and misuse risk. One side argues open weights will prove genuinely dangerous and trigger disasters, while the other says there is no consistent pro-AGI/pro-open-source position and dismisses the backlash as cope.
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