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 risks of publicly releasing frontier AI model weights outweigh the benefits.”
- “Frontier AI developers that release open weights offer weaker long-term investment returns than developers that keep their models closed.”
- “Closed models will retain an overall performance capability advantage over open-weight models through 2030.”
Debaters will be named at a later date. Debates are moderated by members of the AI media, and judged by well-known influencers and leaders in AI.
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