The U.S. Needs Open AI Models; MS, NVIDIA and Others Issue Statement Opposing Hasty Regulation

Major U.S. tech companies urged the government to avoid rushed rules that could hurt open-weight AI models.

NVIDIA, Microsoft, Meta, IBM, and Hugging Face said open models are vital for innovation, competition, and access.

OpenAI and Google later backed the call, widening support across the AI industry.

The debate is now tied to U.S. AI competitiveness, security, and future regulatory policy.