The Debates

The future of intelligence, frontier safety, open vs. closed models, argued on stage. Named debaters take opposing sides on the questions shaping open-source AI, with clips shared after.

When & Where

Date: Monday, October 19, 2026
Time: 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Where: GitHub Office — 88 Colin P. Kelly Jr. Street, San Francisco, CA 94107
Capacity: Limited to 250 — reserve early
Format: Open debates and talks — named debaters, spicy topics, videos posted later

Motions

“The risk of frontier-level capabilities in open models will outweigh the benefits.”
“The democratization of AI requires affordable access to intelligence, not public access to model weights.”
“Closed models will retain an overall performance capability advantage over open-weight models through 2030.”

Debates are moderated by members of the AI media, and judged by well-known influencers and leaders in AI.