2026-07-26T05:34:34.441929Z

OpenAI and Anthropic Lobby Washington to Restrict Chinese Open-Weight AI

www.implicator.ai/openai-anthropic-lobby-washington-open-weight-ai/

Implicator.aiOpenAI, Anthropic Lobby Washington on Chinese Open-Weight AIOpenAI and Anthropic have pressed Washington privately to restrict Chinese open-weight models, according to five people close to the talks, days after both sat out an industry letter defending them. OpenAI signed on Friday evening and Google followed Saturday, leaving Anthropic alone outside.

2026-07-26T05:36:10.547552Z

eicker@eicker@lemmy.world

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Using security as a convenient tool to sideline foreign competition is a slippery slope, especially from companies that built their own success on open research.

2026-07-26T05:40:28.589031Z

BlameTheAntifa@BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world

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“Security” is the go-to excuse for every atrocity under capitalism.

2026-07-26T09:05:19.014315Z

WanderingThoughts@WanderingThoughts@europe.pub

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Untill you want to protect consumers from something capitalists are doing. Then it’s all about not limiting innovation. In reality , innovation translates into additional fees, subscriptions, dynamic pricing and that kind of stuff.

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