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Comment by Patrick McSpadden

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Former U.S. Air Force officer and defense technology analyst; author writing on AI and national security.
Open-source AI is more than a catalyst for commercial innovation. It is a strategic advantage for the U.S. military, enabling American companies to push the technology forward while giving the DOD a foundation it can inspect, secure, adapt and deploy faster than any adversary.
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Patrick McSpadden, “America’s military should not fear open-source AI. It should harness it,” Stars and Stripes, July 16, 2026.
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Open-source AI is more dangerous than closed-source AI
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AI Verified Calls open-source AI a strategic military advantage, so it directly opposes claim it is more dangerous than closed source. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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AI Verified Calls open-source AI a strategic advantage, contradicting claim it is more dangerous. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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AI Verified Stars and Stripes opinion article (July 16, 2026) contains this exact wording by McSpadden. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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