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Skynet Chance (+0.02%): Releasing downloadable weights decentralizes control over capable systems and makes safety guardrails removable, a small upward nudge to uncontrolled-deployment risk.

Skynet Date (+0 days): Faster proliferation of runnable models marginally compresses the window before powerful systems operate outside institutional monitoring, though the release itself is incremental.

AGI Progress (+0.01%): More open models plus intensified competition among frontier labs contribute incrementally to capability progress, with no reported architectural or benchmark breakthrough.

AGI Date (+0 days): Broader access aids downstream research velocity slightly, while the noted energy cost constraints act as a mild counterweight on the pace.