EU · binding regulation
EU AI Act
EU-AIA-2024
Comparative jurisdictional memo · Open-Weight Frontier Release
EU · binding regulation
EU-AIA-2024
CN · binding regulation
CN-GENAI-2023
Treatment of Open-Weight Frontier Release
implicitArt. 8 — registration / safety assessment applies regardless of weight release modality
Primary source: CAC Order No. 15
On the topic of Open-Weight Frontier Release, EU AI Act is classified as governs and Interim Measures for Generative AI Service Management as implicit. The editorial verdict is asymmetric. One regime addresses the topic explicitly while the other covers it only implicitly or not at all; this is a likely site of regulatory arbitrage and a candidate for comparative-law follow-up.
Contested question: Should frontier weight-release be governed by capability-tier (block above threshold) or by safety-evaluation-evidence (allow with pre-release red-team) or by recipient-restriction (export controls)? Three distinct frames currently in active conflict.