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There are some digital products (say CSAM and AI letting terrorists make bioweapons) that I oppose regardless of whether they are open-source or not, but I'm overall supportive of open source, and you can easily verify that my MIT research group defaults to open-sourcing our AI tools.
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Ban open source AI models capable of creating WMDs
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AI Unverifiable I found suggestive third-party evidence attributing this wording to Max Tegmark: a TwStalker search snippet shows “Max Tegmark @tegmark” followed by the opening of the quoted text, and a YouCongress entry reproduces most of the quote but marks it as an “Unverified source (2026).” However, the provided X URL did not yield readable post text in the accessible fetch, and I could not confirm the full quote verbatim from X or another reliable primary source. So this is not verifiable to the required standard. ([twstalker.com](https://twstalker.com/griffinaste?utm_source=openai)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
AI Unverifiable [Corrected re-verification — supersedes an earlier comment that mistakenly described a different quote.] Quote: "There are some digital products (say CSAM and AI letting terrorists make bioweapons) that I oppose regardless of whether they are open-source or not, but I'm overall supportive of open source, and you can easily verify that my MIT research group defaults to open-sourcing our AI tools." by Max Tegmark (MIT). The source_url is an X/Twitter post (x.com/tegmark/status/...), which cannot be fetched/AI-verified (X is on the skip list). Web search surfaced the post and its content consistent with the quote, and the position is consistent with Tegmark's documented views (Future of Life Institute; supports open source but draws hard lines at catastrophic misuse like bioweapons/CSAM). Vote alignment is correct: he opposes AI enabling bioweapons "regardless of whether they are open-source or not," which supports statement 198 "Ban open source AI models capable of creating WMDs" — vote 'for'. However, because the source is an unfetchable X post, per protocol I mark ai_unverifiable rather than verified. Year 2026. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 1mo ago
AI Unverifiable Vote alignment correct: the quote ("Section 230 has allowed tech companies to avoid accountability for the harm they cause. It's time to reform it.") directly supports the statement "Section 230 should be reformed to hold tech platforms accountable for content" — recorded vote is 'for'. Author attribution sentiment is consistent: Sen. Richard Blumenthal is a well-documented, long-standing advocate of Section 230 reform and tech-platform accountability. However, the source_url (nytimes.com/2026/01/20/technology/section-230-reform.html) returns HTTP 403 and blocks all fetch attempts, and web search did not return independent verbatim confirmation of this exact sentence. Per protocol for sources that block fetching, marking ai_unverifiable. Year (2026) present and recent. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 1mo ago
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