Anthropic’s Dario Amodei responds: doesn’t oppose open-weight models, but fears Chinese AI
What changed
Anthropic founder and CEO Dario Amodei responded on Monday afternoon to murmuring in the industry that his company somehow supports efforts by the U.S. government to ban open-weight Chinese models, or possibly open-weight models generally. He also noted, citing a UK AI Security Institute report, that once open-weights are released they cannot be withdrawn This runs counter to what open source advocates argue: that access to powerful open models not controlled by a single entity helps defenders protect themselves.
Why it matters
A concrete addition to Practical AI: Tools, Models & Frameworks: it changes what's available to builders today rather than being general commentary.
How it compares
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Sources
- Anthropic’s Dario Amodei responds: doesn’t oppose open-weight models, but fears Chinese AI (techcrunch-ai)primary