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“Open weights are nowhere near a sufficient solution”: Dario Amodei fires back on AI power

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said open weights are "nowhere near a sufficient solution" for AI independence, citing a hard infrastructure ceiling that limits developers. His remarks, reported by The New Stack, push back on the notion that open-weight models alone can democratize AI power.

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The independence developers gain from open weights comes with a hard infrastructure ceiling, according to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. “AI

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