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Spencer E. Amdur

Legal scholar at Yale Law School researching governance and safety of powerful open AI models.

Capability testing must be the primary input for open-release decisions because open-weight mitigation remains unreliable, and labs and governments must identify models that are too dangerous for unrestricted release.

AI Verified (Jul 11, 2026)

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Spencer E. Amdur, “Frontier Safety for Powerful Open Models,” SSRN, July 11, 2026.

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Ban open source AI models capable of creating WMDs

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AI Verified Calls for identifying open models too dangerous for unrestricted release, including CBRN-risk models. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Identifying open models too dangerous for unrestricted release supports banning WMD-capable open models; recorded for matches. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified SSRN abstract for Amdur’s 11 July 2026 paper gives these central conclusions. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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

Because open-weight safeguards can often be removed, public release of such models may make it impossible to prevent a wide range of actors from accessing dangerous capabilities.

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