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Nvidia CEO Urges U.S. Against Open-Weight AI Ban

7/27/2026

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July 24, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang urged Washington not to restrict open-weight AI models.
The signatories rose from 25 on July 24 to 77 by July 27, including Google and OpenAI.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said unrecalled weights are risky, closed models aren’t safer, and bans could favor firms.
Anthropic, Amazon and Elon Musk’s xAI did not sign, highlighting divisions in the AI sector.

History

Historical Context

In 1949 the Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls (CoCom) began limiting Western computers, and in 1972 it barred shipments over 1 MIPS, forcing IBM to suspend its 370/158 line that covered about 30 % of market while sales fell 15 %. The embargo spurred Soviet reverse-engineering, a precedent leaders like Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella cite when warning that open-weight bans could entrench dominant firms.

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Story summary

July 24, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang urged Washington not to restrict open-weight AI models.
The signatories rose from 25 on July 24 to 77 by July 27, including Google and OpenAI.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said unrecalled weights are risky, closed models aren’t safer, and bans could favor firms.
Anthropic, Amazon and Elon Musk’s xAI did not sign, highlighting divisions in the AI sector.

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