US AI leaders turn to Chinese open models, challenging closed AI safety claims
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Andrew Ng and others argue accessible systems outperform overly restricted platforms on cybersecurity and transparency.

More American titans of artificial intelligence are describing Chinese open-weight models as better for AI safety and security than closed-source models, challenging the long-standing claim by US closed-source AI model developers such as Anthropic that open-source models present a threat to society. “From what I’m seeing, I think open-weight models seem safer to me than closed-weight models,” AI pioneer Andrew Ng, the former head of Google Brain and former chief scientist at Baidu, said at the…

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