Require open source AI models to include safety benchmarks in release notes

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  Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

  US cybersecurity agency

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  [T]he developer of an open source model could take a secure by design approach [...] train the model in a publicly verifiable way. Unverified source (2024)

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  Huzaifa Sidhpurwala

  Red Hat security engineer

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  votes For and says:

  [W]e authored a paper addressing the rapidly evolving ecosystem of publicly available AI models [...] we proposed standardization of model cards and extensions to include safety, security, and data governance and pedigree information. Unverified source (2025)

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  Mihaela van der Schaar

  Cambridge machine learning professor

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  [T]he relevant authorities should encourage the use of open-source platforms that are open to inspection and robustly tested for safety. Unverified source (2023)

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  Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (UK)

  UK government science department

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  Consider the potential risks of open-sourcing models. [...] publishing a transparency report (such as a model card) [...] risk assessment evaluation results. Unverified source (2023)

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  NVIDIA

  GPU and AI computing company

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  This highlighted the importance of disclosing key details regarding dataset demographic make-up, performance metrics for different demographic groups, and specific mitigation efforts [...]. Unverified source

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  Hugging Face

  Open-source ML model hosting platform

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  The model card should describe: * its intended uses & potential limitations, including biases and ethical considerations [...] * the model’s evaluation results Unverified source

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  The Singapore Law Gazette

  Legal publication by Law Society

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  Select models where [...] performance on evaluation and red-teaming efforts are disclosed, over models that don’t – model cards can help with providing this information; Unverified source

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  Mozilla Foundation

  Nonprofit internet and AI advocate

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  Regulatory obligations imposed on open source AI providers [...] should also not lose sight of the AI Act’s objective to prevent harm. Unverified source

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  Ramayya Krishnan

  Dean, Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon

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  Congress should require standardized documentation [...] require model validation report [...] require all AI models, open source, or otherwise, that produce content Unverified source

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  Yacine Jernite

  Hugging Face policy lead

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  providers of open-source GPAISR models will be subject to additional safety and security obligations prescribed in Article 55(1a-d). [...] conduct evaluations using established safety benchmarks. Unverified source

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  OECD.AI

  Intergovernmental policy organisation

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  AI models consist of multiple layers: [...] Documentation, including evaluation results and model and data cards Unverified source

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  Ada Lovelace Institute

  UK AI policy research institute

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  [...] platforms that host libraries of open-source AI models to ensure that models are uploaded with appropriate system and safety information Unverified source

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  David Evan Harris

  UC Berkeley public scholar, tech policy advisor

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  Unsecured “open-source” AI systems pose a massive series of threats [...]. They deserve no exemptions and should be regulated just like other high-risk AI systems. Unverified source (2023)

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  Federation of American Scientists

  US science policy nonprofit

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  For models with risk above the lowest level, most evaluation results and methods should be public, including any performed mitigations. Unverified source

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  LFAI & Data

  Linux Foundation AI & Data

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  Class III (Open Model): [...] includes [...] evaluation results, a model card, and a data card. Unverified source (2025)

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  Irene Solaiman

  Hugging Face chief policy officer, researcher

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  For pre-deployment risk assessments for open source, [...] models, [...] are released with a model card. Model cards [...] will generally come with a set of evaluations. Unverified source (2023)

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  Dr Moez Draief

  Managing Director, Mozilla.ai

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  Open source provides an opportunity for many people to examine those technologies, to test them in a variety of settings and to provide fixes. Unverified source (2023)

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  Professor John McDermid

  Professor of safety-critical systems

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  deal with both open and closed-source models. [...] If independent testing were done and results on an intelligible scale were published Unverified source (2023)

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  Dr Adriano Koshiyama

  Co-CEO, Holistic AI

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  With the open source, there were all the assets for you to play with, [...] you could go about providing that testing. Unverified source (2023)

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  HITRUST

  AI assurance and certification organization

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  The organization publishes model cards for the AI models it produces, which (minimally) include the following elements: [...] (4) evaluation details (e.g., methodology, metrics, outcomes). Unverified source

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  Dario Amodei

  Research Scientist at OpenAI

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  artificial intelligence companies, including his own, should be subject to mandatory testing requirements to ensure their technologies are safe for the public before release. Unverified source (2024)

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  Julia Smakman

  Legal researcher, Ada Lovelace Institute

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  platforms that host libraries of open-source AI models to ensure that models are uploaded with appropriate system and safety information Unverified source (2025)

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  Scott Wiener

  California state senator

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  votes For and says:

  performing a safety evaluation [...] massively powerful AI models before releasing them [...]. [...] test their large models for catastrophic safety risk. We’ve worked [...] with open source advocates [...]. Unverified source (2024)

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  Arpit Gupta

  Tech policy lawyer, Stanford LL.M.

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  A model card is like a nutrition label [...]. It discloses [...] safety measures. Companies’ lack of consistent disclosures in open-source models is a concern [...]. Unverified source (2024)

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  National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)

  US Commerce Department telecom agency

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  The federal government [...] undergo pre-release testing before weights are made widely available, with the results [...] made publicly available to the extent possible. Unverified source (2024)

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  OpenAI

  AI research organization

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  votes For and says:

  Safety is foundational [...] for open models. gpt-oss models perform comparably [...] on internal safety benchmarks. We’re sharing the results [...] in the model card. Unverified source (2025)

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  Anjney Midha

  a16z general partner

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  There should be zero liability at the model layer. [...] Open source is the heart of software innovation and this bill slows it down. Unverified source (2024)

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  European Union

  Political and economic union

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  The obligation set out in this Article shall not apply to providers of general-purpose AI models that are released under a free and open-source licence [...] unless the general-purpose AI models present systemic risks. Unverified source (2024)

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  Meta

  Social media and AI company

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  Meta states that it until such consensus is arrived, it will be premature to require specific measurements and benchmarks, [...]. Unverified source (2024)

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  Open Source Initiative

  Open source standards organization

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  Likely Not Required:Model card; Evaluation code; Validation datasets; Benchmarking dataset; All other data documentation Unverified source

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  Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

  US innovation policy think tank

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  votes Against and says:

  The one-size-fits-all approach of the EU AI Act [...] creates significant and impractical barriers for providers of open-source foundation models. Unverified source (2023)

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  Arthur Mensch

  Mistral AI co-founder and CEO

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  I don't see any risk associated with open sourcing models. I only see benefits. Unverified source (2024)

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  Yann LeCun

  Computer scientist, AI researcher

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  The question that people are debating is whether it makes sense to regulate research and development of AI. And I don't think it does. Unverified source (2023)

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  Gavin Newsom

  Governor of California

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  I do not believe this is the best approach to protecting the public from real threats posed by the technology. Unverified source (2024)

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  European Commission

  EU's executive body

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  Providers [...] shall [...] the results of its evaluation. The obligations [...] shall not apply to providers of AI models [...] a free and open-source licence [...]. Unverified source (2024)

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