Microsoft, NVIDIA, Meta lead open-weights push, OpenAI joins

A coalition of 25+ US tech companies including Microsoft, NVIDIA, Meta, and OpenAI published a policy letter arguing open-weight AI models are essential to American AI leadership, framed as ecosystem diffusion rather than model supremacy. The signatories position open weights as enabling cost-effective deployment, reducing vendor lock-in, and creating competitive pressure across infrastructure layers.

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