The White House waded into one of the hottest debates in AI this week: Open or closed?
A new framework governing how the administration will review advanced AI models pre-release covers only the most powerful “closed” models, like Anthropic’s Claude or OpenAI’s ChatGPT, people familiar with the matter told CNN. Open models will be excluded from the voluntary pre-release review, at least for now. (The White House did not respond to a request for comment.)
The administration is racing to get a handle on an almost entirely unregulated industry – one that’s advancing at breathtaking speed. Some of the central questions: Should our AI future be built on tightly controlled closed models or on open models that allow users to modify and customize? And should the US restrict fast-growing open-source models from China that are advancing rapidly?
White House officials have said they want both open and closed models to succeed.
But by excluding open-source models, the administration highlighted a stark divide in the tech industry about what models are the safest and most capable. Here’s what you need to know about the debate dividing the tech industry.
