Jensen Huang says the AI world needs both frontier closed and open models
xiaosun86 · x · 2026-07-25
Jensen Huang backs open models, saying AI needs both closed and open fronts
In a public letter signed by NVIDIA, Jensen Huang argues that open models are essential to the AI ecosystem.
- He says AI will transform every industry, power every company, and be built by every country.
- The letter claims open models improve safety and cybersecurity, accelerate innovation and diffusion, and support sovereignty.
- Huang’s note says the world needs both frontier closed models and frontier open models.
- The reposted commentary frames this as support for a future where AI benefits are broadly distributed and open models are the best tool for that goal.
This is a notable public stance from NVIDIA’s CEO in favor of open-weight AI, especially given the company’s central role in the AI infrastructure stack.
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