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Open-Weight Frontier Release

open_weight_release · Cross-jurisdiction AI-governance topic

Source: https://policywindow.org/wiki/open-weight-release

Generated 2026-05-28T17:55:15 UTC

Summary

Governance posture toward releasing frontier model weights publicly (Meta Llama, Mistral, DeepSeek vs. closed-weight Anthropic / OpenAI / DeepMind). EU AIA Recital 102 + Art. 53(2) carve-outs; CA SB-1047's failed framework; Meta Frontier AI Framework's explicit defence; emerging US export-control overlay.

At a glance

Instruments governing: 3
Instruments in conflict: 0
Instruments silent: 16
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.

How to cite this article

APA

Policy Window. (n.d.). Open-Weight Frontier Release [Wiki article — Topic]. https://policywindow.org/wiki/open-weight-release

Chicago

Policy Window. n.d.. "Open-Weight Frontier Release." Wiki article (Topic). https://policywindow.org/wiki/open-weight-release.

Harvard

Policy Window (n.d.) 'Open-Weight Frontier Release', Wiki article — Topic, available at: https://policywindow.org/wiki/open-weight-release.

OSCOLA

Policy Window, 'Open-Weight Frontier Release' (Wiki article — Topic, n.d.) <https://policywindow.org/wiki/open-weight-release> accessed [date].

BibTeX

@misc{policywindow-open-weight-release,
  title  = {Open-Weight Frontier Release},
  author = {Policy Window},
  year   = {n.d.},
  howpublished = {Cross-jurisdiction policy topic, open_weight_release},
  url    = {https://policywindow.org/wiki/open-weight-release},
  note   = {Primary source: https://policywindow.org/wiki/open-weight-release}
}