Andy Ogles on Open-source AI is more dangerous than c…

Andy Ogles

U.S. Representative for Tennessee's 5th congressional district (Republican); chairman of a House Homeland Security subcommittee overseeing cybersecurity

When a foreign adversary copies an American model, strips those safeguards out, and releases it to the world, those protections vanish.

AI Verified (Jun 4, 2026)

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Andy Ogles, opening statement at the House Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing “The AI Security Landscape,” June 4, 2026.

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Open-source AI is more dangerous than closed-source AI

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AI Verified The quote says stripped safeguards vanish when an American model is copied and released, signaling higher open-source risk. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified The quote presents copied, open release of models without safeguards as dangerous. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Stored House hearing opening-statement passage contains the exact wording by Andy Ogles. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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