Foundation models and the privatization of public knowledge

To protect the integrity of knowledge production, the training procedures of foundation models such as GPT-4 need to be made accessible to regulators and researchers. Foundation models must become open and public, and those are not the same thing.

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In order to ensure the integrity of knowledge production, it is necessary to provide regulators and researchers with access to the training procedures of foundational models like GPT-4. Foundation models need to be open and accessible, although they are not synonymous.