OpenAI's Dean Ball said open weights would wreck US AI labs, fueling capture claims
jd_pressman · x · 2026-09-13
Jon Stokes cites OpenAI's Dean Ball openly claiming open weights would destroy American AI by wrecking lab margins, with other lab staff defending the take — making the regulatory-capture angle credible. jdpressman adds that critics of this view are actively made to feel foolish.
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