White House Seeks Comments on the Risks of Open-Weight AI Models

The Biden administration is seeking comment on the risks and benefits related to artificial intelligence models with widely available model weights — a key component of AI systems that could have important national security outcomes.

“Open-weight” models allow developers to study and customize existing AI, making it more accessible to a variety of stakeholders. such as smaller companies and researchers.Having access to model weights makes an AI model more customizable, but it can also make it easier to remove safeguards.

The request for comment from the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications Information Administration seeks input on issues including the risks of ...