Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has sought to clarify his company’s stance amid the growing industry debate over open-weight AI models. In a blog post, Amodei said that Anthropic has “never advocated for a ban on open-weights models,” countering criticism that the firm is trying to exert excessive control over the future of artificial intelligence.

The Trump administration is planning targeted bans on Chinese AI models rather than a blanket ban. After public pressure, OpenAI and Google DeepMind signed an open letter opposing…

Anthropic is the only major AI lab that hasn't signed the open-weights letter. In June it argued the same case, when Washington pulled Fable 5.

Dario Amodei of Anthropic opposes a ban on open models, advocating instead for mandatory safety testing amid rising AI competition.