Anthropic won’t defend open weights. In June it made the same argument for itself.

The Next Webby Ana Maria ConstantinJuly 27, 2026tech

On Friday, 25 companies signed a letter defending open-weight AI. Three big names were missing. By Monday, two of them had signed. That left Anthropic alone, and Silicon Valley noticed. The pile-on Nvidia, Meta and Microsoft signed “Open Weights and American AI Leadership” on Friday. Over the weekend OpenAI, Google and SpaceX added their names, […] This story continues at The Next Web

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Anthropic won’t defend open weights. In June it made the same argument for itself.

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