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YC's Garry Tan on China AI Distillation: 'I Would Do Nothing,' Focus on Present Risks Not Doomsday

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Y Combinator president Garry Tan told CNBC at YC's annual Demo Day that regulators should 'do nothing' about Chinese open-weight models distilling OpenAI and Anthropic frontier systems, arguing the industry should focus on present-day AI risks rather than extinction scenarios. Tan advocates an equilibrium in which frontier models retain a price premium so their business model remains viable while open weights give users freedom and access.

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