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Our position on open-weights models

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei states the company's position on open-weights models, clarifying that Anthropic has never advocated for a ban on open-weights models, supports open-weights models that lack dangerous capabilities as a public good, and outlines three specific policy measures: restricting chip sales to China, cracking down on distillation operations, and requiring mandatory safety testing for all sufficiently capable models.

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Anthropic has never advocated for a ban on open-weights models. Open-weights models that don't have dangerous capabilities are a public good: they don't cost anything besides the compute needed to run them, and they provide value to businesses, developers, and researchers.

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Announced

27 Jul 2026 00:00 UTC

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04 Aug 2026 07:42 UTC (+8d after)