Field Notes on Trust and AI

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Hugging Face needed an open-weight model when frontier APIs refused its security work

Open weights gave Hugging Face a way to investigate an attack on its own systems. Smaller organizations still need usable models, compute and help before an emergency.

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Open-weight AI rules should preserve access for smaller organizations

Washington should measure dangerous AI capabilities without making local model access a privilege reserved for the largest companies.

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Cash App's response to fraud should work when a customer needs it

The July settlement gives customers a practical test: can a person help when money is missing or an account is locked?

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repairing trust should be reflected by a repaired system

John Deere's right-to-repair settlement gives us a practical test: what can a farmer do the next time a machine stops?

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