Over the past decade, AI has advanced more profoundly than almost any technology before it. AI-powered hardware, software, and agents are increasingly able to access data, use tools, write code, and act. While this transformation has enabled extraordinary innovation, it has also expanded the responsibility of technology providers to secure the systems surrounding it.
At Lenovo, we believe the future of AI is hybrid: models and devices that deliver personalized experiences for consumers and help enterprises turn their data into powerful insights and value. This vision relies on combining open and closed models across devices, private infrastructure, edge environments, and the cloud. Open-weight models are a critical part of that ecosystem, giving individuals and organizations greater choice, flexibility, and control over how they build and deploy AI and manage their data. But realizing the full potential of these open-weight models requires shared tools and industry-wide collaboration to ensure they can be used responsibly and securely.
We are focused on building technology and AI that people can trust. As AI becomes a more critical part of how consumers and businesses work, trust must be designed into every stage of its development and deployment. At Lenovo, our AI governance framework helps us evaluate AI against clear principles, including privacy and security, accountability and reliability, transparency, explainability, inclusion, and environmental and social impact. These principles are supported by cross-functional oversight that brings together technical, legal and business expertise, helping us identify risks early while enabling responsible innovation at speed.
This challenge is something we uniquely understand. At Lenovo, our footprint spans more than 20 research and development locations and a global supply chain that includes more than 30 manufacturing sites across 11 markets. Securing this operational footprint requires partnerships and collaborations that go beyond the capabilities of any one organization or tool. An open ecosystem supports this work in fundamental ways, allowing us to bring the resources of the full ecosystem to bear for the benefit of our customers. What’s needed are open collaborations in the private and public sectors, shared security practices, and tools that can be tested, adapted, and strengthened across the industry.
That is why we are joining the Open Secure AI Alliance. By working alongside our partners, customers, vendors, cybersecurity experts, researchers and open-source communities, we aim to help advance practical security tools and approaches that support the responsible and secure deployment of AI across models, platforms and environments.
Our mission is to provide smarter technology for all. We believe in a more inclusive and sustainable world where every person and business has access to both technology and AI they can trust.
That vision cannot be achieved by any one company or with a siloed approach in closed ecosystems. AI has the potential to deliver extraordinary advances across nearly every part of life, but realizing that potential, in a manner that’s safe, secure, and sustainable, will require open collaboration, shared responsibility, and strong partnerships across the global technology community.
Reader’s note: Lenovo is a signatory to an industry-led coalition letter supporting the continued development and availability of open-weight AI models