Open weights are public information, so regulating compute is the workable path
willcb · x · 2026-09-13
- Author argues the US legal system is very hesitant to regulate free exchange of public information, and open weights are essentially public information, so outright weight restrictions are legally shaky.
- A workable approach: regulating large compute deployments, which faces pushback but is closer to precedent.
- Quoted context from @tszzl: many options exist between "open-weight superintelligence" and "nobody can share weights" — e.g., thousands of US businesses finetuning powerful models without giving them to hackers or terrorists.
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