David Sacks calls Anthropic and OpenAI a duopoly, and says they want to use the government to eliminate their open source competition

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David Sacks is accusing OpenAI and Anthropic of using government regulation to stifle open-source competition under the guise of safety and national security. The debate centers on whether the US should use 'soft law' and FUD to discourage companies from using powerful Chinese open-weight models that currently rival top-tier US proprietary tech. This highlights the growing rift between the closed-source 'big lab' lobby and the open-source movement across the industry.