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Europe bans open-weight AI models. Will the rest of the world follow?

Brussels set the first hard limit on releasing model weights above a compute threshold. Washington is furious, Beijing is watching — and founders are recalculating.

By Elena Marsh, Technology Policy Correspondent · 6 min read
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Open-source groups warn of a 'regulatory moat'

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Chipmakers slip as AI policy uncertainty spreads

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