FUNDING · MODELS · #565
Baseten’s Base Labs launches open-weight model safety standard with Hugging Face and Goodfire AI
Baseten, through its Base Labs research arm, announced a new safety infrastructure standard for open-weight models and said it is partnering with Hugging Face and Goodfire AI to build evaluation and monitoring tooling; the companies provided no technical details. The effort frames safety as a built-in part of training and deployment and includes an open call for contributions amid concerns about ‘abliteration’ and thousands of abliterated models on Hugging Face.
KEY POINTS
- Baseten, through its Base Labs research arm, announced a new safety infrastructure standard for open-weight models and said it is partnering with Hugging Face and Goodfire AI to build evaluation and monitoring tooling; the companies provided no technical details.
- The effort frames safety as a built-in part of training and deployment and includes an open call for contributions amid concerns about ‘abliteration’ and thousands of abliterated models on Hugging Face.
- The standard could influence how open-weight models are trained, evaluated and monitored, addressing risks from 'abliteration' in widely available open models.
WHY IT MATTERS
The standard could influence how open-weight models are trained, evaluated and monitored, addressing risks from 'abliteration' in widely available open models.