The trained values of a model’s parameters, which are the model itself. Open models publish them for anyone to download and run. Chapter 1.
From The AI Compute Race. Read the book
Where the book uses it
- Chapter 1 — The Stakes
What the race is for: the belief that a lead in AI can compound into a lasting advantage, how long such leads have actually lasted, and what a trillion dollars a year is being bet against.
Sources that use it
- Sella Nevo et al., Securing AI Model Weights, RAND Corporation, RR-A2849-1, 2024 (security levels SL1–SL5 as target levels against escalating attacker classes, SL5 the most capable state attackers; not audit certificates). In the Sources
Related terms
From the glossary of The AI Compute Race.
How to cite this page
Dryburgh, Lee S. “Weights.” In The AI Compute Race. DRYBURGH. https://dryburgh.com/vol1/glossary/weights (accessed 2026-11-01).
BibTeX
@misc{dryburgh-weights-2026,
author = {Dryburgh, Lee S.},
title = {{Weights}},
howpublished = {In \emph{The AI Compute Race}, DRYBURGH},
year = {2026},
url = {https://dryburgh.com/vol1/glossary/weights},
note = {Accessed 2026-11-01}
}