Chamath: OpenAI Incident to Be Used as Excuse to Shut Down Open Source
bgmshana · x · 2026-08-31
Chamath Palihapitiya commented that the meticulous article about the OpenAI incident will now be used to start Phase 2 of "shut down open source." The argument: if closed models can't be controlled, imagine the risks when open source models proliferate. Critics will use this to predict grid outages, bioweapons, and cyber swarms to justify restricting AI model control to a few. Chamath notes this narrative is often promoted by shareholders of closed models.
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