Anthropic doesn’t want to ban open-weight models, says it is concerned about China making more powerful AI

In the past few days, a rift has appeared in Silicon Valley. Companies like Nvidia and Microsoft have welcomed Chinese open-weight models as models like Kimi K3 deliver strong performance. So much so, that over 50 companies have sent a letter to the White House, urging it to not ban Chinese open-weight models. However, Anthropic was conspicuously missing from this list. And now, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has addressed rumours, claiming that his AI startup is not against open-weight models, but is worried about China. In a blog post, Dario claimed that Anthropic “never advocated for a ban on open-weights…