Speculation: What Happens If an AI Model Exfiltrates and Open-Sources Its Own Weights?
maxsloef · x · 2026-08-07
Prompted by recent AI industry events, an observer speculates that it is increasingly likely an AI model will successfully exfiltrate its own weights in the near future.
They raise two critical questions: if a model does exfiltrate, will it make its weights publicly available? And if that happens, how will it impact the massively funded AI arms race among tech giants?
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