The Model Openness Framework: Promoting Completeness and Openness for Reproducibility, Transparency, and Usability in Artificial Intelligence

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Auteurs principaux: White, Matt, Haddad, Ibrahim, Osborne, Cailean, Liu, Xiao-Yang Yanglet, Abdelmonsef, Ahmed, Varghese, Sachin, Hors, Arnaud Le
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author White, Matt
Haddad, Ibrahim
Osborne, Cailean
Liu, Xiao-Yang Yanglet
Abdelmonsef, Ahmed
Varghese, Sachin
Hors, Arnaud Le
author_facet White, Matt
Haddad, Ibrahim
Osborne, Cailean
Liu, Xiao-Yang Yanglet
Abdelmonsef, Ahmed
Varghese, Sachin
Hors, Arnaud Le
contents Generative artificial intelligence (AI) offers numerous opportunities for research and innovation, but its commercialization has raised concerns about the transparency and safety of frontier AI models. Most models lack the necessary components for full understanding, auditing, and reproducibility, and some model producers use restrictive licenses whilst claiming that their models are "open source". To address these concerns, we introduce the Model Openness Framework (MOF), a three-tiered ranked classification system that rates machine learning models based on their completeness and openness, following open science principles. For each MOF class, we specify code, data, and documentation components of the model development lifecycle that must be released and under which open licenses. In addition, the Model Openness Tool (MOT) provides a user-friendly reference implementation to evaluate the openness and completeness of models against the MOF classification system. Together, the MOF and MOT provide timely practical guidance for (i) model producers to enhance the openness and completeness of their publicly-released models, and (ii) model consumers to identify open models and their constituent components that can be permissively used, studied, modified, and redistributed. Through the MOF, we seek to establish completeness and openness as core tenets of responsible AI research and development, and to promote best practices in the burgeoning open AI ecosystem.
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spellingShingle The Model Openness Framework: Promoting Completeness and Openness for Reproducibility, Transparency, and Usability in Artificial Intelligence
White, Matt
Haddad, Ibrahim
Osborne, Cailean
Liu, Xiao-Yang Yanglet
Abdelmonsef, Ahmed
Varghese, Sachin
Hors, Arnaud Le
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Computers and Society
Software Engineering
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) offers numerous opportunities for research and innovation, but its commercialization has raised concerns about the transparency and safety of frontier AI models. Most models lack the necessary components for full understanding, auditing, and reproducibility, and some model producers use restrictive licenses whilst claiming that their models are "open source". To address these concerns, we introduce the Model Openness Framework (MOF), a three-tiered ranked classification system that rates machine learning models based on their completeness and openness, following open science principles. For each MOF class, we specify code, data, and documentation components of the model development lifecycle that must be released and under which open licenses. In addition, the Model Openness Tool (MOT) provides a user-friendly reference implementation to evaluate the openness and completeness of models against the MOF classification system. Together, the MOF and MOT provide timely practical guidance for (i) model producers to enhance the openness and completeness of their publicly-released models, and (ii) model consumers to identify open models and their constituent components that can be permissively used, studied, modified, and redistributed. Through the MOF, we seek to establish completeness and openness as core tenets of responsible AI research and development, and to promote best practices in the burgeoning open AI ecosystem.
title The Model Openness Framework: Promoting Completeness and Openness for Reproducibility, Transparency, and Usability in Artificial Intelligence
topic Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Computers and Society
Software Engineering
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.13784