UK Biobank policy could bar sharing foundation-model weights as data-equivalent
anshulkundaje · x · 2026-07-27
The post quotes a discussion around a new UK Biobank policy that would treat foundation-model weights as equivalent to individual-level data.
- The quoted policy says training foundation and other generative models is acceptable.
- But the resulting model and its weights reportedly cannot be shared or published.
- The commentator argues this could make it much harder to realize AI’s promise in biomedicine, especially when models cannot be reused across protected environments or combined with other data.
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