The attack on open weights continues to grow.

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Summary

Illinois Governor Pritzker has established an AI cabinet to assess risks, which the author criticizes as influenced by closed-weights API vendors. The post calls for public engagement to support open weights and educate others on the issue.

Illinois folks (like myself), write your governor, please. And if you live elsewhere, please pay attention to your local/state politics. https://wgntv.com/politics-3/pritzker-establishes-ai-cabinet-to-assess-risks-protect-illinoisans/ “Artificial Intelligence has enormous potential to transform our everyday lives, but when experts and industry leaders sound the alarm bell, urge us to slow down, and ask for guardrails, we should listen,” Pritzker said in the news release. “Illinois has already enacted nation-leading laws that hold Big Tech accountable and today I’m taking executive action to keep this a priority. ​ Congress and the White House need to treat AI risks with urgency, but in the meantime, Illinois won’t wait because it is our foremost responsibility to prepare and protect Illinoisians.” Every new press release is the same sad vomit from the closed-weights API vendors. We need to politely educate others on the nature of this issue and point out the hypocrisy of the source. It starts with communication.
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