Every major AI lab signed the Open Weights letter defending open models. Meta, OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Nvidia.

Anthropic was the only holdout.

Yesterday, its CEO, Dario Amodei, published a thoughtful defense of that decision to not fully support open weight or open source models. 

Here's what nobody's connecting: the money trail. 

Roughly 80% of Anthropic's revenue is businesses paying per token. Free Chinese open models attack that exact revenue stream weeks before Anthropic is set to go public. 

On today's show we break down what Dario actually said, what he said before, and why we think this was written for Washington policymakers and not for the rest of us.

Anthropic Responds: Why Claude’s CEO didn't sign the open model pact and the real reasons why -- An Everyday AI Chat with Jordan Wilson

00:00 Anthropic's stance on open models

04:19 Discussing Anthropic's response to open models

06:39 Understanding open weight models

12:08 Future AI and cybersecurity risks

15:04 Discussion on open-source AI models

19:30 Discussing Anthropic's business challenges

21:08 Cutting costs with open-source models

26:17 Anthropic's recent stock downturn

27:11 AI investment and cost efficiency shift

30:14 Anthropic's stance on open source models

36:32 INTROPICS IPO and regulatory discussions

37:37 Wrapping up and subscribing

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