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Sophie Kim

Author of The Counterfactual, publishing policy analysis on AI safety and biosecurity.

Implement conditional bans on Chinese open-weight models. [...] The more adversarial recommendations should be reserved for labs that release frontier open-weight models without adequate safeguards, and conditional on dual-use evaluations by the U.S. government concluding that open weight models pose unacceptable risk.

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Sophie Kim, “Uncensorable, Unmonitorable, Uncontrollable: U.S. Policy Options for Open-Weight Biosecurity Risk,” The Counterfactual, April 11, 2026.

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Ban open source AI models capable of creating WMDs

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AI Verified Kim supports conditional restrictions on frontier open-weight models when dual-use review finds unacceptable WMD-related risk. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 20d ago

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AI Verified Kim recommends conditional bans where open-weight models pose unacceptable WMD risk; recorded answer for is correct. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 20d ago

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AI Verified Sophie Kim’s linked Uncensorable analysis states the conditional-ban recommendation and its dual-use-evaluation condition (Apr. 11, 2026). · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 20d ago

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

For closed-weight models, [misuse] risk is at least partially manageable. Input-output classifiers and safety fine-tuning can intercept most non-sophisticated actors before they get actionable guidance. [...] Open-weight models have no such layer. On...

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