Bill Gates argues that capable open-weight models should only run on government-approved platforms
Bill Gates argues that for open-weight models with advanced cyberattack capabilities, safety protections and monitoring should be legally mandated, and developers can still use and customize them for free, but only on certified platforms. These platforms must detect and reject any attempt to strip away safety protections. These views come from The Verge's Decoder podcast interview video with Nilay Patel.
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Bill Gates proposes that open-weight models should only run on government-approved platforms, giving readers a look at one regulatory approach to open-sourcing capable models.
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Bill Gates wants powerful open-weight models to run only where the government says they can.
For any model capable of sophisticated cyber attacks, he wants safeguards and monitoring kept in by law. Developers could still use these models for free and customize them, but only on certified platforms that detect and refuse any attempt to strip out the safeguards.
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Full video on "Decoder with Nilay Patel (@reckless) and The Verge" YouTube channel, (link in comment)