AI guardrails are making cybersecurity researchers less effective

Colleagues, I’d like to draw attention to a growing issue in cybersecurity.

I believe that strict AI guardrails in large models are no longer affecting only bad actors, but also legitimate researchers who identify vulnerabilities and assess how they could be misused.

In practice, this leads to three outcomes:
- the model refuses to answer where analysis is needed;
- specialists spend time bypassing restrictions instead of doing the work;
- some teams move to open-source models that can be run locally.

Why this matters: overly rigid restrictions can slow down defence just as much as attacks.

Where do you think the right balance lies between safety and access?

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