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Big Tech Unites for Open Source AI—and Against Anthropic

Jul 28, 2026 · 31m

Summary

This episode covers NVIDIA’s investment in Ilya Sutskever’s Safe Superintelligence and the geopolitical chip race between the US and China. It highlights a major coalition of big tech firms, led by Jensen Huang, advocating for open-weight AI models against potential government bans. The discussion contrasts this support with Anthropic’s opposition, analyzing the intense debate over open source versus closed models and national security implications.

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