X thread clashes over whether the administration is moving to restrict open-weight models
BlancheMinerva · x · 2026-07-23
An X reply argues that the administration is pushing obvious falsehoods in order to justify heavy restrictions on open-weight AI models.
In the quoted reply, the author says some people may have gone too far in trying to ban open-weight models, but the claim of a broad anti-open-source push is overstated. The exchange centers on how far government restrictions on open models should go.
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