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35 Tech Giants Call for Open-Weight AI, Treasury Probes Watermarks

7/26/2026

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Huang Pushes Open-Weight

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang posted on July 24, 2026 urging no limits on open-weight AI.
The letter began with 25 signatories—including Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, IBM, Palantir—and later rose to 35 after adding OpenAI.
Signers claim open-weight models broaden access, spur competition, improve security, and prevent vendor lock-in.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said a model trained on about 100,000 compliance cases could beat frontier models.

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US Officials Warn

Hugging Face used GLM 5.2 to analyze a cyber-attack after guardrails blocked, containing breach without exposing attacker data.
The Little Tech Association warned President Donald Trump that banning Chinese models would kill, while OpenAI’s Dean Ball warned AI could become “full AI communism.”
Advisor David Sacks said restricting Chinese models would give OpenAI a gift, while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a probe of watermarks and warned sanctions over IP theft.

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Historical Context

OpenAI announced GPT-2 on 14 February 2019, releasing only a 774-million-parameter version and keeping the full 1.5-billion-parameter model private over misuse worries. Critics like Nvidia’s Anima Anandkumar called the holdback “malicious BS,” while today a 35-signatory coalition led by Jensen Huang cites Jeff Dean’s 100 % researcher support and Microsoft’s $1 billion AI-safety pledge, echoing the 2019 openness debate.

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Huang Pushes Open-Weight

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang posted on July 24, 2026 urging no limits on open-weight AI.
The letter began with 25 signatories—including Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, IBM, Palantir—and later rose to 35 after adding OpenAI.
Signers claim open-weight models broaden access, spur competition, improve security, and prevent vendor lock-in.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said a model trained on about 100,000 compliance cases could beat frontier models.

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