Biden-Harris Administration Wants to Keep AI Models Open
A report on open foundation models for AI recommends that the models should continue to be publicly accessible.

A report on open foundation models for AI recommends that the models should continue to be publicly accessible.
WASHINGTON, July 31, 2024 – The National Telecommunications and Information Administration on Tuesday released a “Dual-Use Foundation Models with Widely Available Model Weights” report, which recommended that large artificial intelligence models should continue to to be accessible to everyone.
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