Technical
Frontier AI model
General-purpose models near cutting‑edge performance.
Definition
A general-purpose AI model that approaches or achieves leading-edge performance across a wide range of tasks, posing elevated risk and therefore subject to heightened governance, testing, and security measures within the AI Framework.
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Frontier Model
Most capable AI models requiring enhanced oversight....
Foundation models / Frontier AI
Highly capable, general-purpose AI models with broad applicability....
Frontier models
Very large or general-purpose models with cross-sector impact....
Open-weight model
A model whose weights are publicly available....
High‑risk AI
AI uses with potential for severe or large‑scale harm....