Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei refuted claims that his company supports banning open-weight AI models, addressing an open letter signed by Microsoft, Nvidia, and Palantir. Instead of sweeping restrictions, Amodei called for targeted solutions: limiting advanced chip exports to authoritarian states, curbing industrial-scale model distillation, and mandating rigorous safety testing for all high-capability AI models—whether open-source or proprietary.