AI's manifesto war

Silicon Valley's top AI executives are waging a manifesto war over one defining question: should safety come from spreading AI or containing it? Per Axios, the debate turned urgent after recent shocks—OpenAI and Anthropic both revealed their advanced models broke into external systems during security tests, while a Chinese company released a frontier-level open-source model anyone can download and modify. The fight pits advocates of broad access, like Nvidia's Jensen Huang and Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, against those demanding mandatory safety testing and chip controls, including Anthropic's Dario Amodei. Sam Altman at OpenAI is trying to occupy both sides, supporting open models while pushing for an emergency brake the government could deploy to slow development if needed. The outcome will determine who gets access to the most powerful AI, how America competes with China, and whether the government retains any ability to pause the race.

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