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Everyone in AI is talking about open-weight models right now. Some see them as the ticket to faster, more efficient development; others see them as an economic threat; they're either a security risk or the only security solution, depending who you ask. The Verge's Robert Hart explains how open-weight models work, why they're suddenly at the center of discussions about AI safety, and whether the only way to stop a bad guy with AI is a good guy with AI.
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OpenAI’s rogue AI agent didn’t stop at hacking Hugging Face
We’re running out of reasons to ignore AI safety
Anthropic says Claude accidentally hacked real companies too
China’s Alibaba takes another swipe at America’s AI supremacy
OpenAI’s biggest threat may just be open AI
Nvidia, Microsoft launch open AI security alliance — without OpenAI, Google, or Anthropic
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