Anthropic CEO: We've never advocated for a ban on open-weights models
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei clarified the company's stance on open-weights models, stating they have never advocated for a ban. He called open-weights models without dangerous capabilities a public good, while expressing concerns about authoritarian governments building more powerful AI for military or repression purposes.
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“Anthropic has never advocated for a ban on open-weights models.”
“Open-weights models that don’t have dangerous capabilities are a public good: they don’t cost anything besides the compute needed to run them, and they provide value to businesses, developers, and researchers.”
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