30 October 2026
Interconnects author revises view on open-model cyber risk
First reported
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- The Interconnects newsletter, run by AI researcher Nathan Lambert, reconsiders his earlier view on the cybersecurity risks of open AI models.
- He had argued that openly released models would help defenders about as much as attackers, so no sudden jump in harm would follow.
- He now concedes he underweighted safety researchers' concerns and that the risk deserves more credit than he gave it.
Our read
Only Interconnects among the 30 tracked newsletters covered this revision. It follows our 2026-11-01 story on cyber vulnerability disclosures and the debate over open-weight AI risk.
Earlier on this story
Written by Newskeryx from which newsletters covered this story and from our own archive.
How it was covered
InterconnectsNathan Lambert
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