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- The most serious test to date for open source AI viability is happening now due to policy actions that could marginalize open models.
- White House discussions may lead to new executive orders impacting open models, potentially starting with Chinese-origin models and government uses.
- Open models lack a central economic champion to defend against regulatory actions, unlike closed models with strong lobbying.
- Likely policy action includes banning or delaying open-weights models above capability levels like GPT 5.5 within the next 6 months.