David Sacks: Anthropic Wants to Kill Open Source AI in America

Summary

David Sacks argues that Anthropic is trying to undermine open source AI in the US by stigmatizing American companies' use of Chinese open source models as IP theft. He defends Cursor's use of the Chinese open source model Kimik 2.5 to create a derivative product, claiming it's legitimate open source practice. He contends that Anthropic's stance would harm the American open source ecosystem and reduce competition.

• Sacks claims Anthropic wants to kill open source AI in America.
• He uses Cursor's post-training with Kimik 2.5 as an example of beneficial open source use.
• He argues that using Chinese open source models is lawful and does not send data to China.
• He warns that labeling such use as IP theft would damage the entire American open source ecosystem.
• He says Anthropic opposes this because it does not want competition.