Ethan Mollick says the open-weights letter masks deep disagreement
emollick · x · 2026-07-26
Ethan Mollick says open letters about open-weights models often hide deep disagreement among signatories about what “support” actually means.
He points out that the letter’s caveats, including around distillation, make the stance less uniform than it first appears — but still worth paying attention to as a signal of where the open-model debate is heading.
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