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Could you elaborate on what you mean by "moral basis" in your comment?

It is in their selfish interest to push for open weights.

That's not to say they are being selfish, or to judge in any way the morality of their actions. But because of that incentive, you can't logically infer moral agency in their decision to release open-weights, IP-free CPUs, etc.

By selfish interests you mean the public good?

Leaving China aside, it's arguably immoral that our leading AI models are closed and concentrated in the hands of billionaires with questionable ethical histories (at best).

I mean China's push for open weights/source/architecture probably has more to do with them wanting legal access to markets than it does with those things being morally superior.

Of course, but that translates in a benefit for most people, even for Americans. In my case (European), I cannot but support the Chinese companies in this respect, as we would be especially in trouble if the common models are the norm.

If by being selfish they end up doing morally superior thing, then, I much prefer to go with the Chinese.

Even more so now that Trump is in command.

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