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Theo Browne discusses an NVIDIA letter about open-weight AI models and says Anthropic is absent from the companies shown. He interprets CEO Jensen Huang’s post as a signal aimed at Anthropic, an inference rather than direct evidence of hostility.
- 1Theo’s interpretationTheo thinks Anthropic has made an adversary of NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang.
- 2A post and a letterTheo connects Huang’s post to an NVIDIA letter about open-weight models.
- 3An absent companyTheo notes that Anthropic does not appear among the companies shown; its absence alone does not establish why.
Takeaways
- Theo discusses an NVIDIA letter about open-weight models.
- He points out that Anthropic is absent from the companies shown in the letter.
- His view that the post targets Anthropic is an interpretation, not established proof of motive.
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An open-weight AI letter
Theo reacts to a post connected to NVIDIA’s letter. He highlights Anthropic’s absence and gives his interpretation of its significance.
I think Anthropic has made a new big enemy: Jensen Huang, the CEO of NVIDIA. He posted about an NVIDIA letter, and I read that as a callout of Anthropic. That is my interpretation of the post, not direct evidence that the letter was intended to attack the company.
The letter concerns open-weight models. I point out that many AI and AI-adjacent companies are included, but Anthropic is not among those shown. Its absence by itself does not explain why it was not included.
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