Sam Altman to meet with Trump administration, Senators this week. Here's what he plans to say
Open-weight AI models are available for users to download, modify and run on their own infrastructure. In recent weeks, Chinese open-weight models from startups like Moonshot AI have rapidly caught up with leading, proprietary offerings from American companies, including OpenAI and its chief rival, Anthropic, sparking anxiety about the durability of the U.S. lead in the AI race. Officials and executives have been weighing whether or not to limit access to Chinese models in the U.S., which prompted a coalition of tech companies, including Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta and Palantir, to release a letter on Friday urging policymakers to avoid "premature restrictions" on open-weight models.
- ▪Open-weight AI models are available for users to download, modify and run on their own infrastructure.
- ▪In recent weeks, Chinese open-weight models from startups like Moonshot AI have rapidly caught up with leading, proprietary offerings from American companies, including OpenAI and its chief rival, Anthropic, sparking anxiety about the durab
- ▪Officials and executives have been weighing whether or not to limit access to Chinese models in the U.S., which prompted a coalition of tech companies, including Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta and Palantir, to release a letter on Friday urging pol
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will meet with senior Trump administration officials, lawmakers and economists in Washington, D.C., this week to preview the capabilities of the company's upcoming family of artificial intelligence models, CNBC has learned.Altman has maintained a regular presence on Capitol Hill this year as he's tried to alleviate policymakers' concerns about the rapidly advancing technology and help shape their views about what regulation should look like. This visit lands during a particularly sensitive moment for AI development in the U.S., as a debate over whether to restrict Chinese open-weight AI models has ripped through Silicon Valley in recent weeks.In addition to previewing OpenAI's upcoming releases, Altman is expected to field questions from policymakers about…
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