Treasury Secretary Bessent: US needs more open-source AI to block lab regulatory capture
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-09-25
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US needs more open-source AI models: 'We can't let these large labs have regulatory capture because that will stop innovation.' He framed stronger American open models as a strategic weapon against China, claiming Chinese models are heavily built by distilling capabilities from American ones. The remarks signal a pro-open-source stance at the top of the US government, in tension with labs pushing tighter AI regulation.
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