Closed-model protection call due to anxiety of competition

The AI race is no longer simply about who builds the smartest model, but who gets to write the rules. That is why Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei's latest open letter deserves attention. Framed as a "national security" appeal, it openly calls for tighter chip export controls, tougher action against "industrial-scale distillation" and mandatory safety testing for advanced artificial intelligence models. Yet beneath the security rhetoric lies a more commercial concern: how to protect a closed-source monopoly business model as open-source competitors gain ground.