Open models have real benefits. Do they outweigh the risks?
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of science and technology to help you understand what’s coming next.
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of science and technology to help you understand what’s coming next.
The short version
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- Late last month, Anthropic released a report arguing that the model GLM-5.3 poses a major cyberattack risk.
- The report’s core concern is that the…
What happened
Why the open-closed AI debate is more complicated than it seems MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of science and technology to help you understand what’s coming next. The report’s core concern is that the powerful new model, released in August by the Chinese company Z.ai, is freely available for anyone to download and modify.
Why it matters
Anthropic’s assertion is only the latest move in a long-running debate about whether frontier AI models should be made open, like GLM-5.3, or should stay locked behind the doors of the frontier labs.
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