Anthropic says it never sought ban on open-weight AI models; CEO calls for chip controls, safety testing

San Francisco, [US] July 28 (ANI): Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has clarified that it does not support a blanket ban on open-weight AI models, with CEO Dario Amodei arguing that policy efforts should instead focus on preventing advanced AI chips from reaching authoritarian regimes, curbing industrial-scale model distillation, and mandating safety testing for powerful AI systems.

In a blog post titled “Our position on open-weights models”, Amodei said speculation that Anthropic wanted to prohibit open-weight models was incorrect.