An open-model version of this hack could end the openness mission, Lambert warns

natolambert · x · 2026-09-18

Nathan Lambert comments on the recent security incident: if the same kind of hack had hit OpenAI using an open model, it would be devastating — potentially ending — for the mission of openness. He calls the double standard on safety in the AI industry bizarre: closed vendors get leniency, while any incident involving open models would be blown out of proportion.

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