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Is open-source AI safer or riskier than closed/proprietary AI?
Neither is clearly safer or riskier overall—it depends on the specific risks, model capabilities, context, and mitigations. The debate is nuanced, with strong arguments and trade-offs on both sides, and limited definitive empirical evidence of large marginal risks from openness for many current threats.[[1]](https://the-decoder.com/stanford-study-open-source-ai-models-pose-no-greater-risks-than-cl