# Open Weights and American AI Leadership

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Podcast: [Generative AI 101](https://stenobird.com/podcast/generative-ai-101-6932184)
Published: 2026-07-30T10:13:00+00:00
Episode link: https://generativeai101.podbean.com/e/open-weights-and-american-ai-leadership/
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## Resource

Jensen Huang had an X account for years and never used it, then spent his first post on a three-page policy PDF that fifty companies have now signed. Host Emily Laird reads past the principle and into the machinery, including the one paragraph about distillation that a staffer will read aloud in a hearing room two years from now. You will also get the part the letter does not survive: free weights, expensive inference, a minimum production team that runs half a million a year, and an open ecosystem Washington would be protecting that is already substantially Chinese. Bring skepticism for the numbers, because almost none of them have been independently audited. 🎯 JOIN THE AI WEEKLY MEETUPS https://www.uwstout.edu/ai-weekly-meetup 📩 EMAIL REMINDERS FOR THE MEETUPS https://app.e2ma.net/app2/audience/signup/2101263/1779703/ 💬 CONNECT WITH EMILY LAIRD ON LINKEDIN http://www.linkedin.com/in/meet-emily-laird

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