David Sacks, co-chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, has accused AI giant Anthropic of attempting to stifle competition in the AI industry by seeking restrictions on open-source models. According to a report by Benzinga, speaking on the All-In Podcast, Sacks said that labelling Chinese-origin open-source AI models as tainted by intellectual property theft would discourage American developers from building on publicly available models.

Anthropic and OpenAI executives warn of security risks from Chinese AI models as DeepSeek shows 94% jailbreak rate and US weighs sanctions.

Sacks accuses Anthropic of stifling competition in the AI industry, warns against restricting open-source models as it could harm US ecosystem.

The best response to capable Chinese open models is not to make US developers less capable. It is to build better and safer US models.