# Open season 🚐 -     AI labs push to rein in open models, Minivans get back in the driver’s seat.

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Podcast: [The Peak Daily](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-peak-daily-3379374)
Published: 2026-07-27T09:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/36478fb4
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OpenAI and Anthropic are pushing U.S. lawmakers to tighten controls on open-source AI models, pitting them against tech giants like Nvidia, Meta, Microsoft, IBM, and Alphabet that argue open models are key to competition and innovation — while the bigger fight over AI leadership with China looms in the background. Plus, minivans are making an unlikely comeback in Canada as buyers look for cheaper, more practical alternatives to three-row SUVs, with hybrid and electric vans helping drive a surge in sales. And in The Big Picture: Mark Carney calls three by-elections for the end of August, and a lull in Middle East fighting follows Trump’s decision to hold off on escalating U.S. strikes against Iran. The Peak Daily is produced in partnership with reframevid.com

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