Amodei: Anthropic has never advocated open-weights ban

Amodei said Anthropic has never advocated banning open-weights models, responding to reports US officials may bar US companies from using Chinese open-weights models. He called protectionist bans ineffective, citing fears of authoritarian governments building more powerful AI for military superiority or repression; safe open-weights models remain a public good.
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