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Tech Titans Urge US to Keep Open AI Models

7/25/2026

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and other tech leaders sent a letter urging U.S. lawmakers to avoid restricting open-weight AI models.
The letter was signed by 25 firms, including Microsoft, Meta, IBM, Palantir and Hugging Face.
Signatories warned that limiting open models could push innovation overseas, citing Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 release on July 16.
Chinese President Xi Jinping called for AI openness at a Shanghai conference on July 17.

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Historical Context

OpenAI began in 2015 as a nonprofit pledged $1 billion, released the 1.5-billion-parameter GPT-2 in 2019, and sparked a global AI surge with ChatGPT in November 2022. Its 2019 shift to a capped-profit model and deep ties to Microsoft have since shaped U.S. policy debates, as Congress now weighs limits that China’s President Xi Jinping endorsed on July 17.

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Story summary

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and other tech leaders sent a letter urging U.S. lawmakers to avoid restricting open-weight AI models.
The letter was signed by 25 firms, including Microsoft, Meta, IBM, Palantir and Hugging Face.
Signatories warned that limiting open models could push innovation overseas, citing Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 release on July 16.
Chinese President Xi Jinping called for AI openness at a Shanghai conference on July 17.

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