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Was I wrong about open models & cyber risks?

Source: Interconnects · OCT 30, 2026

Last week coined the term “Black October“ after an onslaught of critical vulnerability disclosures, including PHP2Shell and GitLab, signified the moment when the cyber risks of AI models started to materialize.

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  • Cybersecurity
  • Open-weight models

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  • Was I wrong about open models & cyber risks? I don't think so. Much of the AI community focuses on the wrong lens - which models are causing harm - rather than how the cybersecurity industry maintains an equilibrium, who enacts harm, and how they use new tools. www.interconnects.ai/p/was-i-wron...

    Nathan Lambert (@natolambert.bsky.social) Oct 30, 2026 · 19 likes · 1 repost

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