ANTHROPIC said it never advocated banning open-weight AI models and rebutted recent claims to that effect. CEO Dario Amodei said the firm does not agree that open-weight models are inherently superior for AI safety research. The statement underscores the industry’s ongoing debate over open development versus safety.

2026-07-28

ANTHROPIC said it never advocated banning open-weight AI models and rebutted recent claims to that effect. CEO Dario Amodei said the firm does not agree that open-weight models are inherently superior for AI safety research. The statement underscores the industry’s ongoing debate over open development versus safety.