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I visualise a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans, and I’m rooting for the machines."

—Claude Shannon

Meta, NVIDIA, Palantir Among 20+ Firms Urging Congress to Back Open-Weight AI

Over 20 companies told Congress that open-weight models let researchers examine model behaviour and identify vulnerabilities, while closed systems can fail in ways outsiders cannot detect. (Illustration: AI FrontPage)

More than 20 technology companies, among them Meta, NVIDIA, Microsoft and Palantir, have jointly urged Congress to promote open-weight AI models, arguing that concentrating advanced capability behind a handful of closed systems weakens competition and creates single points of failure.

“For India, Sovereign AI Cannot Sensibly Mean Technological Isolationism”: Former G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant

Amitabh Kant, former G20 Sherpa and former CEO of NITI Aayog, argues that India must stay 'rooted in its own capability, connected to the world.'

“A country is not sovereign because it owns every technology it uses. It is sovereign when it is not dependent on a single provider, a single geography or a single political decision”, says Amitabh Kant in an exclusive interview with AI FrontPage.

Palantir CEO Slams “Tokenmaxxing” by AI Companies, Bats for AI Sovereignty With Product Launch

Palantir CEO Alex Karp criticised the token-based business model of AI labs such as OpenAI and Anthropic, days after the company posted a nine-point manifesto on AI sovereignty. (Representative image)

In a post on X, the company said AI sovereignty determines an institution’s future, adding that sovereignty is the precondition for choice — and slammed “tokenmaxxing,” the pursuit of high AI token usage that it says creates an addictive feeling of false progress.