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Open-weight AI models can exploit the patch gap

29 Oct 2026

Outline · 50 paragraphs

Overview¶1
Background¶13
Methodology¶20
Results¶25
Implications for other software¶33
Conclusion¶37
Appendix: Safety measures for our experiments¶40

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BibTeX

@misc{epochai2026,
  title = {Open-weight AI models can exploit the patch gap},
  author = {{Epoch AI}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://epoch.ai/publications/open-weight-models-patch-gap}
}

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