Ro Khanna
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Because their concern was, if you have open source models, other countries are going to steal them. And look, it turns out that Maybe other countries, if open source, they're going to build them faster and we may need some open source models here. So we're competing and staying ahead of China. And that, I think, is a debate in Silicon Valley.
Because their concern was, if you have open source models, other countries are going to steal them. And look, it turns out that Maybe other countries, if open source, they're going to build them faster and we may need some open source models here. So we're competing and staying ahead of China. And that, I think, is a debate in Silicon Valley.
On the one hand, you got the Marc Andreessen's Facebooks and others saying, let's have more open source. On the other hand, you have people saying, no, it's a national security risk. I definitely think there's got to be a space for open source models.
On the one hand, you got the Marc Andreessen's Facebooks and others saying, let's have more open source. On the other hand, you have people saying, no, it's a national security risk. I definitely think there's got to be a space for open source models.
So Meta, Facebook's got open source by choice. Andreessen's saying let these startups have open source or we can't compete with these models.
So Meta, Facebook's got open source by choice. Andreessen's saying let these startups have open source or we can't compete with these models.
Well, I think you're absolutely right to not trust the deep sake AI as a model for the United States or the world. And this is why the AI race matters.
Well, I think you're absolutely right to not trust the deep sake AI as a model for the United States or the world. And this is why the AI race matters.
If China wins the AI race because they're putting out apps that Europe, Latin America, India, Africa are adopting because they just think it's going to tell me in a better, faster way where I should go for vacation or what clothes I should get for my kids, and I don't really care whether it's telling me the truth about global politics, then America has got a real problem.
If China wins the AI race because they're putting out apps that Europe, Latin America, India, Africa are adopting because they just think it's going to tell me in a better, faster way where I should go for vacation or what clothes I should get for my kids, and I don't really care whether it's telling me the truth about global politics, then America has got a real problem.
I rather the apps that people use around the world be American apps. And that's why I'm all for, whether that's OpenAI, whether it's Elon's Grok, whether it's Anthropic or new startups, or if it's open source developed by America, we've got to win.
I rather the apps that people use around the world be American apps. And that's why I'm all for, whether that's OpenAI, whether it's Elon's Grok, whether it's Anthropic or new startups, or if it's open source developed by America, we've got to win.
That's a different question. We can get into that. No, I don't think we should be banning TikTok. I've been opposed to it, along with Rand Paul, for a couple of reasons. One, I'm just a free speech absolutist. Look, I was one of the people in the Twitter files. My email leaked. to Vijaya at Twitter, who was the general counsel, because Twitter took down Hunter Biden's story on the New York Post.
That's a different question. We can get into that. No, I don't think we should be banning TikTok. I've been opposed to it, along with Rand Paul, for a couple of reasons. One, I'm just a free speech absolutist. Look, I was one of the people in the Twitter files. My email leaked. to Vijaya at Twitter, who was the general counsel, because Twitter took down Hunter Biden's story on the New York Post.
And I had a private email that I said, this was wrong. This is a violation of the First Amendment.
And I had a private email that I said, this was wrong. This is a violation of the First Amendment.
It was before the election. It was before the election. Before the election. And when Elon bought Twitter, he ordered a release of all the emails, and my email became public that I had spoken out to Twitter.
It was before the election. It was before the election. Before the election. And when Elon bought Twitter, he ordered a release of all the emails, and my email became public that I had spoken out to Twitter.
That is public. Yeah, if you look at, reach out to Twitter. Can you find the email wrap?
That is public. Yeah, if you look at, reach out to Twitter. Can you find the email wrap?