On: The current balance of power in open models

[verdverm]

This is a prepared statement for congress by Nathan Lambert, author of https://rlhfbook.com/ and AllenAi employee (one of the few who have shared their models as open source)

[spindump8930 → verdverm]

Unfortunately Nathan recently left AI2, along with some of the leadership most involved in their truly open models. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/allen-institute-for-ai-ceo-ali...

[natolambert → verdverm]

I did leave ai2, but I'm still in the open-source, non profit sector :)

[spindump8930 → natolambert]

Thanks for what you've done and continue to do for the ecosystem!