“Open weight” is not “open source.”
That distinction is everything.
KIRK TECH SOLUTIONS · BRIEF
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.