Nvidia and Meta warn U.S. against sweeping curbs on open AI models

Nvidia, Meta and Microsoft have joined 22 other organizations in warning U.S. policymakers that sweeping controls on open-weight AI models could weaken American leadership as competition with China intensifies. Summary Nvidia, Meta and Microsoft oppose sweeping U.S. restrictions on open-weight AI models. The coalition favors targeted enforcement against intellectual-property theft and other proven misuse. Elon Musk backed the letter as concerns over Chinese AI competition increased. The open letter has called for targeted legal and commercial measures to address misuse instead of restrictions covering technologies that support legitimate AI development. Its signatories include IBM, Palantir, Mistral, Hugging Face, Mozilla, Andreessen Horowitz and the Linux Foundation. Open-weight models allow businesses, researchers and governments to download software, customize it and operate it on their own infrastructure. According to the letter, this access makes advanced systems easier to adapt while giving organizations more control over their data, security and computing systems. Rather than treating open and closed systems as rivals, the companies described both as necessary parts of the A...