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Nvidia and Tech Giants Urge U.S. Lawmakers to Protect Open‑Weight AI Models

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang posted his first message on X to announce an open letter titled “Open Weights and American AI Leadership.” The letter, signed by roughly 25 U.S. technology companies—including Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, IBM, Dell, Palantir and others—asks Congress and regulators to avoid “premature restrictions” on open‑weight artificial‑intelligence models that can be downloaded, inspected and run on private infrastructure. Signatories argue that open models boost competition, lower costs, improve security through transparency and help keep AI development within the United States, countering proposals to curb Chinese models such as Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3. The coalition stresses that both frontier closed and open models are needed, warns that sweeping bans could drive innovation overseas, and points to the safety benefits of broader community scrutiny. High‑profile executives such as Satya Nadella, Elon Musk and others have shared the letter. Notably, OpenAI and Anthropic did not sign. The appeal comes as U.S. officials, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, consider sanctions and tighter rules on foreign AI models.

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