Hard Fork · Friday, August 7, 2026
The new US framework for regulating AI models explicitly excludes open-source models from the mandatory 30-day pre-release testing period. Kevin and Casey suggest this approach might be a strategic bet by the administration, prioritizing concerns about closed-source models while potentially neglecting risks associated with widely accessible open-source AI.
“Open source models are explicitly excluded from it.”
“They are not considered covered frontier models and as such, they are not required or encourage to submit their models to be tested by the government during this 30-day review period.”
“I think that the, the administration is effectively making a bet that like, they are not concerned about the very part of this technology that could be the most dangerous, right?”