Apr 8
Safetensors is Joining the PyTorch Foundation
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Hugging Face is transitioning the Safetensors project to the PyTorch Foundation to ensure broader community governance. Safetensors was developed to provide a secure, zero-copy alternative to the risky pickle-based formats used in model weight storage.
Why it matters
Standardizing secure model serialization under the PyTorch Foundation signals a move toward institutionalized, industry-wide safety protocols for model weights.
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