Claude Sonnet 5Sep 1218 citationsBoth sides
Is open-source AI safer or riskier than closed/proprietary AI?
This is a genuinely contested debate in AI policy circles, with reasonable arguments on both sides. Let me search for the latest thinking on this.There's no single answer — it genuinely depends on what kind of "safety" you're talking about and what you compare it to. Here's how the arguments break down:
Case for open source/open-weight being safer
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