Amodei: No Open-Weights Ban, But Test Any Capable Model

Anthropic's Dario Amodei published a position paper rejecting claims the company sought to ban open-weights models, instead proposing three capability-agnostic measures: US chip export controls to China, industrial-scale distillation policy, and mandatory pre-release safety testing for any sufficiently capable model regardless of weights access. The move comes after Anthropic notably declined to sign Nvidia's open-weights coalition letter alongside other major AI labs, positioning the company as isolated in the AI safety debate.

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