EleutherAI's push to narrow the EU AI Act for open-source research
BlancheMinerva · x · 2026-10-17
Stella Biderman notes EleutherAI has briefed lawmakers in the US, Europe and beyond on how proposed AI regulations would hit open research, including the EU AI Act. Their 2023 position piece backs the draft's transparency and data-assessment requirements but warns it draws no distinction between tech giants and non-profits like EleutherAI/AI2 or independent hobbyists, imposing heavy compliance burdens on open-source and community research — citing Pythia's 154 released checkpoints per model as open-science value.
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