Comment by Mikko Hyppönen

Finnish cybersecurity expert and author
I love open source, but I see limitations [...] you can always remove the safety and security restrictions if you have access to the code itself.
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AI Verified Verified: The New Stack’s June 4, 2024 article attributes to Mikko Hyppönen a statement starting “I love open source...” and later quotes him saying “you can always remove the safety and security restrictions if you have access to the code itself.” The submitted quote is a faithful ellipsis-compressed excerpt and is correctly attributed. ([thenewstack.io](https://thenewstack.io/open-source-ai-is-dangerous-euro-cybersec-chief-warns/?utm_source=openai)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
AI Verified Verified via web search. The New Stack article "Open Source AI Is 'Dangerous': Euro Cybersec Chief Warns" (2024) contains Mikko Hyppönen's statement that he could "see no solution to the fact that you can always remove the safety and security restrictions if you have access to the code itself" — matching the second clause of the quote exactly. Other sources confirm Hyppönen's "I love open source, but..." framing on this topic. Hyppönen is correctly identified as a Finnish cybersecurity expert. Vote "for" aligns with the statement "Open-source AI is more dangerous than closed-source AI." Source URL blocked by anti-bot but content fully indexed. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 1mo ago
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