Brief: Open Weight vs Open Source

“Open weight” is not “open source.”
That distinction is everything.

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A model is not a program. Confusing the two is why the security conversation about open AI keeps landing in the wrong place. This brief sets out what you actually receive with an open-weight model.

It also covers why those files cannot act on their own, where the real exposure sits, and why running a model inside infrastructure you control is the safer option rather than the riskier one.