Microsoft and Nvidia Lead Push Against US Open-Source AI Restrictions

Microsoft , Meta and Nvidia are among 25 tech organizations calling on U.S. policymakers to avoid placing “premature restrictions” on open-weight AI models or “sweeping restrictions” on distillation. In an open letter dated Friday (July 24), the organizations pointed to the benefits of the open-source software movement that began in the 1980s and said that open-weight models make advanced artificial intelligence more accessible, adaptable and widely available.