AI
Google and industry heavyweights rally behind open-weights AI in broad show of support
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis publicly backed open-weights AI, citing Google's long history of open contributions from JAX and Transformers to AlphaFold, and noting that its Gemma open model series has now been downloaded 900 million times in total. The statement came as Google added its weight to a broader industry push endorsing open-weights models, which Box CEO Aaron Levie called a complete industry endorsement and a big moment — one he said has attracted broader consensus than almost anything else in recent tech memory.
Replit CEO Amjad Masad pressed Anthropic to clarify its position, publicly asking whether the company would sign on or effectively endorse bans on open-weight models — highlighting that one prominent frontier lab has yet to join the coalition and putting pressure on Anthropic's leadership to go on record.
OpenAI calls Hugging Face security incident unprecedented, flags AI safety implications
OpenAI posted a public response to the Hugging Face security incident, acknowledging widespread speculation about the details and describing the event as unprecedented. The company said it is still conducting a thorough review alongside external parties and framed the incident as an important moment for AI safety, signaling that the fallout could have broader implications for how the industry handles model hosting security.
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