JJ Warns Open Weights Are Being Wrongly 'Branded' as a Chinese Approach in the US
JosephJacks_ · x · 2026-08-02
Sukna founder Joseph Jacks quoted a WSJ article about Silicon Valley startups building open models to counter China's AI surge, using it to highlight a severe issue in the US AI investment landscape.
He pointed out that "enormous perverse incentives" are preventing the US from properly investing in open weights. Jacks expressed deep concern that the open-weight approach is being unfairly "branded" as a Chinese strategy, which he called "fucking insanity," urging the industry to overcome this detrimental stigma.
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