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Advanced model weights can be high-consequence assets. If stolen or openly released without adequate safeguards, they may allow actors to remove safety filters, fine-tune models for harmful uses, or reproduce capabilities that would otherwise remain limited.
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Federation of American Scientists, “Converging Risks: AI and the Future of Global Security,” May 2026, p. 53.
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Ban open source AI models capable of creating WMDs
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AI Verified The FAS quote directly warns that openly released advanced weights can remove safeguards and enable harmful uses, relevant to banning open-source models capable of WMD creation. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago
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AI Verified Correct answer: for. The warning that open release lets actors remove safeguards and fine-tune for harmful uses strongly supports restricting open-source models with WMD-capable risks. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago

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AI Verified Verified verbatim in FAS, Converging Risks: AI and the Future of Global Security (May 2026), p.53; the report identifies FAS as publisher. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago
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