Earlier this week, MLCommons submitted comments in response to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) Request for Comment regarding the use of “dual-use” foundation models for which the model weights are widely available. MLCommons counts among members of its AI Safety Working Group organizations that have released AI models without disclosing their weights, and organizations that have released AI models with open weights. As an organization, we believe there is a place in the market for both approaches to flourish.
Our comments focus on the need to preserve the ability for developers to release widely available open model weights in order to ensure AI Safety for the ecosystem as a whole, and in particular the role these models play in developing safety benchmarks for AI systems. You can read our comments here.
