The AI Industry Is Betting on Open Weights

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, who had long stayed off social media, posted on X for the first time on July 24. His debut was not a product launch or a GPU teaser. It was a policy letter, with one argument: Washington should not restrict open weight AI. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wrote on LinkedIn that open-weight models are "essential to a healthy AI ecosystem." The letter, Open Weights and American AI Leadership, launched with 25 signatures and now carries 50, a roster that runs from NVIDIA,…