Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang used his first X post to urge Washington to protect open-weight AI models as scrutiny of Chinese systems intensifies.
Key Points:
- Huang backed a letter signed by 25 technology companies, investors and open-source groups.
- The coalition said broad restrictions would weaken US innovation, cybersecurity and technological independence.
- OpenAI and Anthropic did not join the appeal.
Jensen Huang Appeal
Huang shared the letter Friday, Jul. 24, saying open models can strengthen safety, speed innovation and give countries more control over critical AI infrastructure. Microsoft, Meta, Palantir and Hugging Face were among the 25 signatories.
The coalition compared open-weight AI to open-source software, which created shared tools that businesses and researchers could inspect, adapt and run independently, arguing that US leadership depends on a broad ecosystem rather than one dominant frontier model.
The appeal follows the 2025 US AI Action Plan, which encouraged open-source and open-weight development as a strategic advantage for startups, researchers, companies and government agencies.
The policy debate has since shifted toward possible limits on advanced Chinese systems.
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Kimi K3 Debate
Washington is examining Moonshot AI after the Chinese company released Kimi K3 on Jul. 16 with 2.8 trillion parameters. White House science adviser Michael Kratsios accused Moonshot of using large-scale distillation to copy a US model.
The signatories defended ordinary distillation but rejected unlawful extraction: “Policymakers have an important opportunity to act ... keeping the frontier plural by avoiding premature restrictions on open models that stifle competition or drive innovation overseas.”
OpenAI and Anthropic did not sign the letter, and both have warned that powerful Chinese open models could create security and intellectual property risks.
Their absence reflects an industry split over whether openness improves scrutiny or gives advanced capabilities to more potential abusers.
In January 2025, DeepSeek triggered a global technology sell-off that erased about $593 billion from Nvidia’s market value in one day, showing how quickly cheaper Chinese models can reshape US policy and investor expectations.
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