Saturday, 12 September, 2026
"Do Nothing": Y Combinator CEO Dismisses OpenAI, Anthropic Panic Over Chinese AI Copying
By TechShots Studio
Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan advised OpenAI and Anthropic to "do nothing" regarding allegations that Chinese rivals like DeepSeek are distilling their AI models. Speaking at YC Demo Day, Tan argued that regulators should focus on balancing open-weight and frontier models rather than restricting distillation, pointing out that Western AI giants themselves face legal challenges over using copyrighted material without permission.
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