Washington Is Weighing Curbs On Chinese AI. Nvidia, Microsoft And Meta Warn Open Models Shouldn't Be Included

In a joint letter, the coalition warned that "premature restrictions" on open-weight AI models could potentially drive innovation overseas at a time when Chinese AI developers are rapidly gaining ground. (Credit: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images)

Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta and more than two dozen technology companies are urging U.S. policymakers not to impose broad restrictions on open-weight artificial intelligence models, arguing that doing so could undermine American innovation and hand an advantage to foreign competitors.

In a joint letter released Friday, the coalition warned that "premature restrictions" on open-weight AI models would stifle competition, weaken the U.S. technology ecosystem and potentially drive innovation overseas at a time when Chinese AI developers are rapidly gaining ground.