American AI is locked down and proprietary. It's losing

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The argument posits that the U.S. strategy of keeping AI models proprietary and heavily regulated is backfiring as open-source ecosystems accelerate elsewhere. By locking down weights and data, American companies risk losing the developer mindshare that traditionally drives global tech dominance. The shift suggests that 'safety' gates are becoming hurdles to innovation rather than protective moats.