Amodei addressed the issue in a blog post on Monday, just days after Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, Palantir and several other technology companies signed a letter urging US policymakers not to introduce "premature restrictions" on open-weight AI models (these are models that users can download, modify and run on their own infrastructure).

Google, OpenAI, and xAI back an open letter urging US policymakers not to restrict open-weight AI models, joining 25 signatories including Nvidia

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…