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Expert opinions on Open Source
Quotes, votes and policy statements on Open Source from AI researchers, executives and policymakers.
169 sourced quotes · 5 statements · 63% for / 33% against overall
Featuring: Yoshua Bengio Yann LeCun OpenAI Geoffrey Hinton National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Dario Amodei
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For (12)Samuel HunterSenior scientist and director of academic research at NCITE (National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center, a U.S. DHS Center of Excellence); professor at the University of Nebraska at Omahavotes For and says:
It's jarring when you see it in real time, this sort of bubbly persona with some of the abliterated models that's like, 'Oh, what a great idea to create this bomb.'
AI Unverifiable source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (2)Stanford Center for Research on Foundation ModelsStanford research center on foundation model AIabstains and says:These studies, on their own, are insufficient evidence to demonstrate increased marginal societal risk from open foundation models.
AI Verified source (2024)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (23)Narendra ModiPrime Minister of Indiavotes Against and says:Transparency is the greatest safeguard. [...] Open code and shared development will allow millions of young minds to make AI better and safer.
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For (26)Andy OglesU.S. Representative for Tennessee's 5th congressional district (Republican); chairman of a House Homeland Security subcommittee overseeing cybersecurityvotes For and says:
[What] was frightening about this demonstration was how readily available some of this content or software is on kind of the black market right now, and how it can be weaponized and used to manipulate people, destroy lives and build weapons of mass d...
more AI Unverifiable source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (5)Moritz HankeBiosecurity researcher at Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security; expert on AI-enabled biological threatsabstains and says:In a time dominated by open-weight biological AI models developed across the globe, limiting access to sensitive pathogen data to legitimate researchers might be one of the most promising avenues for risk reduction.
AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (16)David BakerBiochemist; Director of the Institute for Protein Design at the University of Washington; 2024 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry for computational protein design; HHMI investigatorvotes Against and says:We've always made the assessment that the benefits to the world far outweigh the dangers. [...] as capabilities increase, I think that's going to be an important question to keep considering.
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Democratic middle powers should jointly develop frontier AI and share its benefits globally
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For (19)Anders Fogh RasmussenFormer NATO Secretary General and former Prime Minister of Denmark; founder of the Alliance of Democraciesvotes For and says:[I propose a D7 of democratic middle powers — Australia, Canada, the EU, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea and the UK — including] a Democratic Technology Initiative to shape standards, align export controls and invest jointly in AI, quantum and space.
AI Unverifiable source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (5)Sriram KrishnanSenior White House Policy Advisor for Artificial Intelligence; former a16z general partner; former product leader at Microsoft, Meta, Twitter, and Snapvotes Against and says:We want to make sure that the world uses the American AI stack. [...] We also want the world to use our AI model. We want all our allies, including India, to leverage our AI infrastructure.
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Governments should fund open-source AI safety tools and red-teaming infrastructure as public goods.
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For (14)Fei-Fei LiStanford AI professor; HAI co-directorvotes For and says:You can't understand whether these AI systems are good or bad, safe or harmful, if you don't know what's in them. We need transparency. [...] We need to invest in far healthier and more vibrant AI ecosystems where academia and the community can produ...
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For (32)Centre for Future GenerationsEuropean think tank on emerging technologiesvotes For and says:
Policy and safeguards must evolve just as swiftly [...] requiring safety assurances for powerful open releases before the window for meaningful intervention closes.
AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (1)Gavin NewsomGovernor of Californiaabstains and says:I do not believe this is the best approach to protecting the public from real threats posed by the technology.
Unverified source (2024)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (11)Gerald KierceAI governance researchervotes Against and says:Open source models are technically exempt [...] based on the assumption that the system is sufficiently well documented to convey its potential risks.
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