The Case for Open-Source LLMs as Public Infrastructure
When the weights are public, the decision logic can be audited. When they are proprietary, you are trusting an institution whose incentive structure you cannot see.
When the weights are public, the decision logic can be audited. When they are proprietary, you are trusting an institution whose incentive structure you cannot see.
A GAO report found that 10 of 12 federal agencies cannot adequately comply with existing AI oversight requirements. The governance infrastructure does not exist.
CRM records what happened. Automation scales what you are doing. Decision infrastructure tells you what deserves execution in the first place. A category introduction. A line in the sand.
The Pentagon allocated $13.4 billion to AI autonomous systems. NIST received $55 million for AI safety standards. That is a 243:1 ratio between building AI capabilities and building AI governance.
When the weights are public, the decision logic can be audited. When they are proprietary, you are trusting an institution whose incentive structure you cannot see.
A GAO report found that 10 of 12 federal agencies cannot adequately comply with existing AI oversight requirements. The governance infrastructure does not exist.
CRM records what happened. Automation scales what you are doing. Decision infrastructure tells you what deserves execution in the first place. A category introduction. A line in the sand.