As AI safety concerns mount, three pioneers make the case for staying open

TechCrunch | 13.08.2026 00:51
As projects like Pacing the Frontier look to major labs as a way to keep AI research safe, open-source models have become a sore spot for the industry. With free distribution and little control over how they’re used, open-weight models aren’t easily controlled, leading some labs to treat them as downright scary.