OpenAI, Anthropic Quietly Lobby Against Open-Source AI
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- OpenAI and Anthropic are quietly lobbying Washington regulators to restrict open-source AI models, according to NYT sources familiar with the efforts.
- The lobbying runs counter to Sam Altman's public statements supporting open source, and puts the two AI labs at odds with the broader tech industry over whether open-source models from China should face restrictions.
Why it matters: The gap between Altman's public pro-open-source rhetoric and OpenAI's private regulatory lobbying reveals whose interests the labs are carrying into Washington — a credibility issue that cuts both ways when regulators eventually define what 'open source' means and who gets to ship it.
