AIBessent reportedly calls for more US open-source AI models
A post quoting Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says he warned against regulatory capture by large labs and cast stronger US open models as a strategic weapon against China.
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According to a post quoting Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, he called for more US open-source AI models, warning: "We can't let these large labs have regulatory capture because that will stop innovation." The post also says Bessent described stronger US open models as a strategic weapon against China and claimed Chinese models are heavily built by distilling capabilities from American models.
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Bessent reportedly calls for more US open-source AI models
A post quoting Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says he warned against regulatory capture by large labs and cast stronger US open models as a strategic weapon against China.
TLDR
According to a post quoting Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, he called for more US open-source AI models, warning: "We can't let these large labs have regulatory capture because that will stop innovation." The post also says Bessent described stronger US open models as a strategic weapon against China and claimed Chinese models are heavily built by distilling capabilities from American models.