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@natolambert says open models will be used in attacks but are not a 100x cyber multiplier

According to a post on X by @natolambert, the AI community is asking the wrong question by focusing on which kind of model causes cyber harm, rather than who does the harm and how security keeps its balance. He says open models will be used in attacks but are not a 100x multiplier. The post also cites @ramez arguing that security cannot come from closed-model guardrails and that frontier models should be used more widely to find and fix bugs. The source is a partial excerpt from Scobleizer News Pulse, so the full debate may contain more.

Source: Scobleizer News Pulse (X) · x.com Found via Robert Scoble’s Scobleizer News Pulse · a post on X, not independently verified Published 2026-10-30T18:40:00+00:00 Detected 2026-10-31T01:24:03+00:00
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According to a post on X by @natolambert, the AI community is asking the wrong question by focusing on which kind of model causes cyber harm, rather than who does the harm and how security keeps its balance. He says open models will be used in attacks but are not a 100x multiplier. The post also cites @ramez arguing that security cannot come from closed-model guardrails and that frontier models should be used more widely to find and fix bugs. The source is a partial excerpt from Scobleizer News Pulse, so the full debate may contain more.

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@natolambert argues the AI community is asking the wrong question by focusing on which kind of model causes cyber harm, rather than who does the harm and how security keeps its balance; open models will be used in attacks, he says, but they aren't a 100x multiplier. @ramez adds that security can't come from...

For security teams and developers, the argument moves attention from model type to the actors involved and to how defenders might use capable models. Anyone weighing open against closed models for security work may want to read the full exchange before drawing conclusions. The excerpt does not describe any specific policy, product, or rule change.

Signal Strength 82% Technical label WATCH Public Interest 42 Category OPEN SOURCE Reader Depth TECHNICAL

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