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Comment by Sean Cairncross

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U.S. National Cyber Director
We are extremely interested in looking at ways to build U.S. open source, make it competitive, make it the preferential adoption by planet Earth,
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Democracies should share frontier AI models with allies
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AI Verified Relevant: in context, the quote shows the author favoring U.S. open-source AI being adopted broadly worldwide, which strongly suggests support for sharing advanced models with allies rather than restricting them. ([nextgov.com](https://www.nextgov.com/artificial-intelligence/2026/08/top-cyber-official-wants-us-open-source-ai-adopted-worldwide/415222/?oref=ng-homepage-river)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 42min ago
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AI Verified The quote says the administration wants to “build U.S. open source” and make it the “preferential adoption by planet Earth,” and the article frames this as promoting U.S.-built open-source AI worldwide. That strongly implies support for sharing frontier/open models broadly, including with allies. ([nextgov.com](https://www.nextgov.com/artificial-intelligence/2026/08/top-cyber-official-wants-us-open-source-ai-adopted-worldwide/415222/?oref=ng-homepage-river)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 41min ago
Require frontier AI labs to conduct nearly all R&D publicly but keep the weights closed
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AI Verified Relevant: the source article frames this as a clear endorsement of U.S.-built open-source/open-model AI for global adoption, and the quote explicitly says to make U.S. open source competitive and preferred worldwide, which strongly signals a stance against keeping model weights closed. ([nextgov.com](https://www.nextgov.com/artificial-intelligence/2026/08/top-cyber-official-wants-us-open-source-ai-adopted-worldwide/415222/?oref=ng-homepage-river)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 42min ago
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AI Verified The quote supports building and promoting U.S. open-source AI as a global standard; in the article, open source/open-weight models are treated as closely related, so this points against a policy that keeps the weights closed. ([nextgov.com](https://www.nextgov.com/artificial-intelligence/2026/08/top-cyber-official-wants-us-open-source-ai-adopted-worldwide/415222/?oref=ng-homepage-river)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 41min ago

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AI Verified Nextgov/FCW’s August 5, 2026 article at the provided URL reproduces the quote verbatim and attributes it to Sean Cairncross during a Black Hat discussion. The stored date and attribution match the source. ([nextgov.com](https://www.nextgov.com/artificial-intelligence/2026/08/top-cyber-official-wants-us-open-source-ai-adopted-worldwide/415222/?oref=ng-homepage-river)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 43min ago
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