{"slug": "anthropic-insists-it-s-not-pushing-open-weight-ai-ban-but", "title": "Anthropic insists it's not pushing open weight AI ban, but...", "summary": "Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said the AI lab does not support a ban on open-weight AI models but expressed concern about their abuse, which is why Anthropic is not joining NVIDIA's Open Secure AI Alliance. In a letter shared Monday, Amodei stated that open models should undergo the same mandatory testing as closed models.", "body_md": "[Anthropic](/tag/anthropic/)\n\nAnthropic does not support a ban on open-weight AI models. But CEO Dario Amodei said his concern about abuse of open-weight models is why the AI lab is not joining NVIDIA’s Open Secure AI Alliance.\n\nIn a [ letter](https://www.anthropic.com/news/position-open-weights-models?ref=thestack.technology) shared Monday, Amodei said Anthropic had never advocated for a ban, such as the one\n\n[, but said open models should go through the same mandatory testing as closed models.](https://www.thestack.technology/concerns-grow-that-the-us-might-actually-ban-open-ai-as-demand-for-kimi3-overwhelms-moonshot/)\n\n__discussed by the US government__## Get the full story: Subscribe for free\n\nJoin peers managing over $100 billion in annual IT spend and subscribe to unlock full access to The Stack’s analysis and events.\n\n[Subscribe now](https://www.thestack.technology/membership/)\n\nAlready a member? [Sign in](https://www.thestack.technology/signin/)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-insists-it-s-not-pushing-open-weight-ai-ban-but", "canonical_source": "https://www.thestack.technology/anthropic-insists-its-not-pushing-open-weight-ai-ban-but/", "published_at": "2026-07-28 13:23:12+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-28 13:25:09.334417+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-safety", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Anthropic", "Dario Amodei", "NVIDIA", "Open Secure AI Alliance"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-insists-it-s-not-pushing-open-weight-ai-ban-but", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-insists-it-s-not-pushing-open-weight-ai-ban-but.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-insists-it-s-not-pushing-open-weight-ai-ban-but.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-insists-it-s-not-pushing-open-weight-ai-ban-but.jsonld"}}