An open letter to Dario Amodei: if you mean it, open the weights
routelastresort · hn · 2026-09-13
A widely discussed open letter by Jacob Gold argues that if Anthropic's safety rhetoric is sincere, publishing open-weight models is the most direct way to let outside researchers independently audit model behavior and verify safety claims. The author contends open weights don't conflict with commercial interests and could build trust and a researcher ecosystem, sparking HN debate on whether open weights actually improve safety.
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