Vercel backs open weights, and Yacine says the current direction is unsustainable
yacinelearning · x · 2026-07-27
Yacine reacts to Vercel’s co-signing of the Open Weights and American AI Leadership letter, saying the current direction is “not sustainable.”
- The quoted Vercel statement argues that open source, data, protocols, and research power today’s technological progress.
- It frames open weights as the next logical step after open source.
- The reply is a sharp pushback on that stance, reflecting the ongoing debate around open weights and AI ecosystem direction.
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