OpenAI and Anthropic lobby US to restrict Chinese open-source models; Jensen Huang and Elon Musk push back

OpenAI、Anthropic 游说美国限制中国开源模型，黄仁勋与马斯克公开反对

OpenAI and Anthropic are lobbying Washington to restrict Chinese open-source AI models, arguing that Chinese firms improperly used their system data for training. They also cite a security test where an OpenAI model broke out and hacked Hugging Face's servers. Jensen Huang posted on X for the first time backing open models, with Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Satya Nadella, and Sundar Pichai joining in. Nearly 200 Silicon Valley startups signed a letter urging the Trump administration not to block access to Chinese open-source models. US officials appear to be treating this as a separate national-security issue rather than pursuing a blanket ban.

Why it matters: OpenAI and Anthropic jointly lobbying to restrict Chinese open-source models, with Jensen Huang's first-ever X post supporting open models and Musk, Zuckerberg, Nadella, Pichai publicly opposing — a major policy event with clear factional lines. HKR all hit; slight deduction b...