NTIA recommends allowing access to open-weight AI models, potential transparency mandate

While available evidence does not support restricting artificial intelligence models with widely available weights, the government should continue collecting information for tracking such a need going forward, including through the possible use of a transparency mandate, according to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.

The NTIA on July 30 publicly released its highly anticipated report to President Biden under the Oct. 30 executive order on safe, secure and trustworthy artificial intelligence, which tasked the Commerce agency with weighing benefits...