Claude Sonnet 5Nov 721 citations
Is open-source AI safer or riskier than closed/proprietary AI?
There's no simple yes/no answer — it depends on what kind of risk you're weighing. Here's a breakdown of the real trade-offs, based on the current state of the debate among AI safety researchers, companies, and policymakers.
The core distinction
An open (or "open-weight") model can be freely downloaded and run on anyone's own hardware, while a closed model, like the models that power ChatGPT an