THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST OPEN SOURCE AI ARE VERY BAD

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In the wake of powerful Chinese models such as GLM 5.2 and Kimi K3, US frontier model labs have been pushing against open-source models. Common arguments include: China is building high-quality, free models now with the goal of eliminating competition, models may spread propaganda, and models may contain backdoors. Not only are these arguments weak, but they are also irrelevant, as suppressing open-source software has always been a losing battle.