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AI openness: Balancing innovation, transparency and risk in open-weight models

OECD AI Policy Observatory OECD Published: 2025-08-28 10:14:43

OpenAI introduced GPT-OSS, a series of open-weight AI models, in August 2025 to increase transparency and innovation in the AI community, sparking debates about the openness of such models. This move prompted discussions on finding a balance between innovation, transparency, and potential risks associated with sharing AI models.

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<p>In August 2025, OpenAI announced GPT-OSS, a family of open-weight models that provide public access to the trained parameters of a frontier-level AI system. This gives a new sense of urgency to the debate over how “open” artificial intelligence models should be. Some heralded the move as a victory for transparency and innovation. Others criticised [&#8230;]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://wp.oecd.ai/balancing-innovation-transparency-and-risk-in-open-weight-models/">AI openness: Balancing innovation, transparency and risk in open-weight models</a> appeared first on <a href="https://wp.oecd.ai">OECD.AI</a>.</p>
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