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Is open-source AI safer or riskier than closed/proprietary AI?
The debate over whether open-source AI is safer or riskier than closed-source (proprietary) AI is one of the most critical and highly contested discussions in technology, ethics, and governance.
To understand the arguments, it is helpful to clarify terms: true "open source" in AI is rare because training datasets are rarely made fully public. Instead, the debate usually centers on "open-weight"