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Is open-source AI safer or riskier than closed/proprietary AI?
The question of whether open-source (specifically "open-weights") AI is safer or riskier than closed-source (proprietary) AI is one of the most critical and fiercely contested debates in technology policy, ethics, and security.
There is no simple consensus because the two architectures pose completely different types of risks and offer distinct safety benefits. The debate is best understood by e