EventBusinessJuly 24, 2026
AI leaders unite in support of open-weight models
a16z organized a letter co-signed by Nvidia, Perplexity, and others advocating that open-weight AI models strengthen competition and security. Leaders like Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis, and Yann LeCun publicly endorsed the initiative.
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Who gets to understand AI?allenai.org
Open models for the win!x.com
As a nonprofit research institute dedicated to advancing open science, we're encouraged to see growi...bsky.app
Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta warn against 'premature restrictions' of open-weight modelscnbc.com
Nvidia, Microsoft Lead Call for Open-Weight AI Models After Kimibloomberg.com
As US weighs response to Chinese AI, industry urges against broad open-weight restrictionstechcrunch.com
Nvidia, Meta, and Microsoft Tell Washington: Don't Kill Open-Source AIdecrypt.co
Jensen Huang made his first X post. He used it to lobby Washington about open-weight AI.thenewstack.io
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