AI BriefingUK GDS Recommends Keeping AI and Code Open Source
Key point
The UK Government Digital Service (GDS) has recommended maintaining an 'open by default' policy for AI and code security in the public sector.
Details
The UK Government Digital Service (GDS) emphasized in recently published guidance that the public sector should maintain a 'Keep open by default' stance in managing AI and open code.
This stands in contrast to the NHS's (UK National Health Service) decision to block access to open source repositories in response to a security vulnerability report (Project Glasswing).
GDS warned that converting everything to private could cause the following problems:
- Increased delivery and policy costs
- Reduced code reusability
- Fewer opportunities for scrutiny
Therefore, it suggested that closure should be used only in very careful and deliberate cases, with openness as the default principle.
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