WSJ calls unregulated open-weight AI 'an invitation to disaster'; Reddit cries propaganda
returnity · reddit · 2026-09-08
The Wall Street Journal published a piece arguing that unregulated open-weight AI is "an invitation to disaster," citing a tester who claims an open model answered when asked how to make poliovirus and start a global pandemic. The original poster pushes back hard, calling it a transparently manipulative propaganda campaign. They speculate that many WSJ readers hold VC-leveraged positions or Anthropic pre-IPO shares and cringe at every quality open-model release—not from pandemic fear, but because their investments look worse by the day. They also note that many business AI deployments are only economically viable thanks to these open-weight models.
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