Closed models refuse to help researcher swat Linux bug
What he didn't realize until recently, he said, is that there's a separate Trusted Access program for individuals."I still haven't signed up for that, because I regard the verification procedure as a bit of an indignity," he explained, echoing similar sentiment The Register has heard from other security researchers. "I'll put up with it if I'm ever forced to, but not for as long as open models remain a practical alternative." REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/d'); }); Two open models did prove practical for this bug hunt: GLM 5.2 and Kimi K3. "And no, I don't believe this is sustainable in the face of open-weight competition.
- ▪What he didn't realize until recently, he said, is that there's a separate Trusted Access program for individuals."I still haven't signed up for that, because I regard the verification procedure as a bit of an indignity," he explained, echo
- ▪"I'll put up with it if I'm ever forced to, but not for as long as open models remain a practical alternative." REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/d'); }); Two open models did prove pra
- ▪"And no, I don't believe this is sustainable in the face of open-weight competition.
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