Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has moved to clarify the company's position on open-weights AI models, pushing back against recent claims that Anthropic favours restricting them, particularly those built in China. In a new blog post, Amodei laid out a detailed rebuttal to the idea that Anthropic sees such bans as useful policy, while also outlining what he believes are the real risks tied to powerful AI systems, open or closed. Why did Amodei feel compelled to respond?The clarification comes amid a broader debate in Washington over whether US officials should restrict American companies from using Chinese open-weights models. Several tech…