OPEN AI MODELS CLOSING GAP WITH CLOSED SYSTEMS
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Open weight AI models are narrowing their cybersecurity capabilities gap with proprietary frontier models, according to new analysis from the AI Security Institute. The gap has shrunk from 6-10 months to 4-7 months.
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