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The internet’s Wuhan moment

Azeem Azhar · 23 Oct 2026

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  1. He is right. It will get worse before it gets better. And the internet that comes out the other side will be safer, and less open, than the one we built.
  2. So are the open models to blame? Not right now. Plenty of evidence points to closed models being used by bad actors in attacks.

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