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Chinese open models are proper competition that should be welcomed, not something to ban or treat as a danger, and open-sourcing is an old business strategy (@bgurley / Washington Post) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
Why open source AI? Wonderfully articulated by @bgurley https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/07/20/open-model-ai-is-good-competition-anthropic-openai/
“Treating open-model AI instead as a danger to be licensed and contained is a category error, and would be a costly one. It mistakes the ordinary work of competition for a threat to be policed.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/07/20/open-model-ai-is-good-competition-anthropic-openai/
“Sears was not allowed to outlaw Walmart. IBM was not allowed to outlaw Dell. The legacy airlines were not allowed to outlaw Southwest (though they tried).” https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/07/20/open-model-ai-is-good-competition-anthropic-openai/