David Sacks: "Now the gaslighting begins"

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David Sacks on X: "The entire tech industry (save for Anthropic) has come out in favor of open source AI.

So what happens next? Will Anthropic change its lobbying efforts? Not likely. Now the gaslighting begins:

“Nobody is trying to ban open source.”

“We just want to limit who can use it.”

“We just want to limit who can contribute to it.”

“We just want to limit how powerful those models can be.”

“We just want to make sure the guardrails (we lobbied for) can’t be removed.”

The net effect will be the same. They won’t stop until they kneecap open source. The rest of the industry needs to watch these guys like a hawk." / X<br>Post

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The entire tech industry (save for Anthropic) has come out in favor of open source AI.

So what happens next? Will Anthropic change its lobbying efforts? Not likely. Now the gaslighting begins:

“Nobody is trying to ban open source.”

“We just want to limit who can use it.”

“We just want to limit who can contribute to it.”

“We just want to limit how powerful those models can be.”

“We just want to make sure the guardrails (we lobbied for) can’t be removed.”

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@TheStalwart

Jul 26

Since when did the tech industry need open letters to compete? Why doesn’t a competitor just release a superior OW model?

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@TheAhmadOsman

Jul 26

Anthropic is Evil and everyone should be aware that

They have been pushing a fear mongering narrative and lobbying with $$$ against Opensource AI to secure their most via regulatory capture

Cannot be trusted

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@TheAhmadOsman

Jun 12

Article

Anthropic's War on Opensource AI<br>Anthropic wants the public to see one thing: the careful lab, the safety lab, the grown-up in the room trying to keep frontier AI from running off a cliff. However, the pattern around Anthropic does...

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@galaxybrain6999

Jul 26

it has already begun

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