SITUATION EXPLAINED: Why is restricting open source AI models structurally impossible? @ClementDelangue, co-founder and CEO of @huggingface:…

SITUATION EXPLAINED: Why is restricting open source AI models structurally impossible? @ClementDelangue, co-founder and CEO of @huggingface: "Open weights are fundamentally different than an API. The way you can restrict it is very different." "If you remove an open weight from Hugging Face, then it's still gonna be on ModelScope, which is like the Chinese equivalent, or it's gonna be on torrent platforms. You can't really block it because it's open, almost by definition there's gonna be some ways to access them." "It's a different game for APIs. If you're using an API provider or a cloud from China, obviously you're sending your data. And they could cut your access or bias your access. That's a much bigger problem." "For open weights and open source, it doesn't really matter where it comes from because you get all the control, you get all the transparency. There's no way to trick you, bias you, manipulate you, remove your access." Media

Source: Clem Delangue (X) | 2026-06-29