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Pickle, safetensors, GGUF: which model formats can hurt you
When you download a model you are downloading a file, and the file is in one of about six formats. Most people never look at which. They should, because the format decides whether opening it can run code on your machine before the model does anything at all. One common format hands a stranger a shell on your box by design. Another was invented to take that away. A field guide.